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Valve Confirms Hardware Development

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A job listing on Valve’s site confirms that the company will begin developing hardware. A listing for an industrial designer says “Valve is traditionally a software company. Open platforms like the PC and Mac are important to us, as they enable us and our partners to have a robust and direct relationship with customers. We’re frustrated by the lack of innovation in the computer hardware space though, so we’re jumping in.”

The post continues, adding that Valve is interested in creating new user experiences. “Even basic input, the keyboard and mouse, haven’t really changed in any meaningful way over the years,” it says. “There’s a real void in the marketplace, and opportunities to create compelling user experiences are being overlooked.”

The post specifies that the position will add “expertise in product design and manufacturing, ergonomics, usability, aesthetics, and surfacing.” Candidates are also expected to have “6+ years of professional experience shipping world-class, high-tech hardware products” and “a thorough understanding of product design principles.”

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Speculation about Valve’s entry into the hardware market has been flying since March, when rumors suggested Valve was working on a Steam Box console. Valve later debunked the rumors, commenting that the world is “a long way from Valve shipping out any sort of hardware.” Later, a listing for an electronics engineer to work on "platform hardware" emerged, as well as a blog post discussing wearable computing.

Source: http://au.ign.com/articles/2012/09/03/valve-confirms-hardware-development?utm_source=Monday%20newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9.5%20Dynamic%20Newsletter_NO%20FNAME_7087_348286_348336&utm_content=15561322

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I have a feeling It's going to be more like a Games to go type of thing where you just rent the game, rather than being a full fledged system. Also Ign writes good articles.

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It is going to just be basically new inputs for video games that is all they are going to do. When it comes down to it we play all of our games with a mouse and keyboard and that has not changed much since they first came along so different types of inputs into the computer for a game would change the experience for a player.

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