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The Steam Machines are coming, or rather, soon to be shipped. Valve today announced that they "are ready to begin shipping Steam Machines and Steam Controllers to the 300 selected beta participants" with " The machines ... due to leave the factory on Friday".
Some photos from the production line
The 300 beta testers were selected at around 2:00pm Pacific Time and should receive their hardware soon. Sadly I must inform you that Valve were forced to restrict the beta release to the US instead of the whole world saying;
"We’ve had to make the difficult decision to limit our beta to the U.S. only, because of regulatory hurdles. This was not our original plan, and it means we can’t collect beta feedback from Steam customers world-wide, which is pretty unfortunate. All things considered, we’re sure it was the right decision, because the alternative was to delay the whole beta beyond the point when we’d be able to incorporate any feedback into the 2014 products. This decision only affects Valve’s 300 prototype units; the commercial versions of Steam Machines that are for sale in 2014 won’t be affected by this. More information on those will be announced at CES on January 6. "
Steam OS will also be made available on Friday for download when the prototype hardware ships, this is for both OEMs and individual users. It is not recommended to try out SteamOS until later in 2014 however when the OS matures.
Valve also say to "stay tuned for the in-home streaming beta to begin soon, too".
What do you guys think? Are you disappointed by this US only beta release?
How many of you are excited about Valves in-home streaming tech? please post below.
Source- Valve Steam Universe announcements
Some photos from the production line
The 300 beta testers were selected at around 2:00pm Pacific Time and should receive their hardware soon. Sadly I must inform you that Valve were forced to restrict the beta release to the US instead of the whole world saying;
"We’ve had to make the difficult decision to limit our beta to the U.S. only, because of regulatory hurdles. This was not our original plan, and it means we can’t collect beta feedback from Steam customers world-wide, which is pretty unfortunate. All things considered, we’re sure it was the right decision, because the alternative was to delay the whole beta beyond the point when we’d be able to incorporate any feedback into the 2014 products. This decision only affects Valve’s 300 prototype units; the commercial versions of Steam Machines that are for sale in 2014 won’t be affected by this. More information on those will be announced at CES on January 6. "
Steam OS will also be made available on Friday for download when the prototype hardware ships, this is for both OEMs and individual users. It is not recommended to try out SteamOS until later in 2014 however when the OS matures.
Valve also say to "stay tuned for the in-home streaming beta to begin soon, too".
What do you guys think? Are you disappointed by this US only beta release?
How many of you are excited about Valves in-home streaming tech? please post below.
Source- Valve Steam Universe announcements
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