Today I want to talk about the
Steambox. In the works for a while, a Steambox is somewhat of a cross between a
game console and a personal computer in the sense that it runs a proprietary
version of Linux and its main purpose is to play games purchased through Valve's
highly overrated online distribution platform known as Steam. Techradar,
Digital Trends, and other places have raved about these machines at length.
They are put together by third party companies and sold at prices ranging from
$500.00 to almost $2,00.00. I don't intend to make announcements, or even rank
the different boxes in any order. Instead, I want to raise a question: who,
exactly, is the target audience for these pieces of hardware?
