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This is almost a non-annoucement. They've basically said they were doing this for the last year. The only news is a sign up process for early steam boxes.

• jljljl 13y ago
  That seems pretty big doesn't it? Going from "we are doing this" to "we are going to release some of these to early adopters"?
  • chc 13y ago
    That seems pretty small to me, both in terms of progress and in terms of the actual size of of the release.
    • Brakenshire 13y ago
      It means they are fully committed to the programme. Up to now there was speculation that they were going to abandon it.
      • chc 13y ago
        No, it emphatically does not mean that. In fact, this announcement makes it sound even more like they are going to abandon it. As far as I can gather from this announcement, they're releasing a very small number of units for beta testing, and then they're getting out of the hardware game and letting third parties carry the torch.