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Right, so about that “Steambox”

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Xi3’s Piston; the somewhat modular, cuboid mini PC is releasing soon. It’s terribly expensive, costing $999 for the base model, going all the way up to a bank-balance destroying $1750 for one packing a 500Gb SSD. Expensive as it is, some are still considering one for purchase – mostly because of some weird loyalty to Valve. They’re backing this, so it has to be good, right? Truth is, Valve has nothing to do with the Piston. Not a thing at all.

Valve has now distanced itself completely from Xi3’s Piston – saying it has nothing to do with them. Valve’s Doug Lombardi told Eurogamer that once upon time, Valve had plans in place with the Xi3 Corporation – but they ended up fruitless.

“Valve began some exploratory work with Xi3 last year, but currently has no involvement in any product of theirs,” he said.

So not only is the Piston terribly expensive, but it no longer has that once-perceived Valve backing – making it just a really, really expensive mini PC. The Steambox is little more than a really expensive cube full of hot air. Cube? Hot Air? Are we sure Peter Molyneux isn’t behind this?

Have I just Piston your hopes and dreams, or do you still want one?

Valve is still busy working on its own Steambox – which it has always assured would be “affordable.”

Last Updated: March 12, 2013

21 Comments

  1. Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

    March 12, 2013 at 13:10

    Lol. “…piston your hopes…”

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    • Skyblue

      March 12, 2013 at 13:17

      “I see what he did there”

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    • The Bearded Dutchman

      March 14, 2013 at 11:18

      Hopes being the type of flowers in the header???

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  2. matthurstrsa

    March 12, 2013 at 13:11

    Affordable is a relative term.

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  3. Matewis Jubilai

    March 12, 2013 at 13:12

    That reminds me, I have to clean my bathroom…

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  4. The Bearded Dutchman

    March 12, 2013 at 13:14

    “Have I just Piston your hopes and dreams, or do you still want one?” – I take my hat off to you sir, this is brilliant.

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    • Admiral Chief Erwin

      March 12, 2013 at 13:18

      utter brilliance

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  5. Admiral Chief Erwin

    March 12, 2013 at 13:27

    Want, do not

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    • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

      March 12, 2013 at 13:32

      upvote you I will

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    • Kobus Nel

      March 12, 2013 at 14:35

      Foolish, a downvote is

      Reply

  6. Sir Captain Rincethis

    March 12, 2013 at 13:42

    Haha! This I will be giving a wider berth than an episode of Oprah and Justin Beiber…

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  7. Twakkie

    March 12, 2013 at 13:44

    What happened to that Peter Molyneux project where you chipped away on a giant cube? Is that still going on?

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    • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

      March 12, 2013 at 13:45

      Yes, but everybody has stopped caring.

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      • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

        March 12, 2013 at 14:05

        Guess we’ll never know what’s in the box…

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        • Admiral Chief Erwin

          March 12, 2013 at 14:42

          The sounds of a billion souls not caring is in the box

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  8. Sir Captain Rincethis

    March 12, 2013 at 14:05

    Really, anyone who knows anything about orchids knows you can’t put them in front of a toilet and expect them to go while you take pictures.

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  9. Warren Ross

    March 12, 2013 at 14:32

    • Warren Ross

      March 12, 2013 at 14:34

      Pfffft. Wrong frikkin’ article /facepalm

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      • Admiral Chief Erwin

        March 12, 2013 at 14:46

        XD

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      • Brady miaau

        March 12, 2013 at 14:48

        ironic though 🙂

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  10. Uberutang

    March 12, 2013 at 14:51

    I will buy a xi3 a few years down the line to use as a xbmc media pc.

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