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Valve’s Steam Machines might take a bite out of Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 26, 2013

In a column a few days back, I mentioned the possibility of Valve going after Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony in the living room. Well, it didn’t take long for Valve to confirm that by announcing its Steam Machines.

Sony, Microsoft and NIntendo cannot be happy about this. Their consoles have already had to weather the proliferation of mobile device gaming, and now Valve is aiming to directly muscle in on the traditional console business with an open system designed for the living room.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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