Third-Party Steam Box Price Starts At ‘Just’ $1000

<p>When Valve first announced that they were releasing their own console &lpar;of sorts&rpar; the gaming world erupted in excitement and wonder&period; Forums&comma; chat rooms and websites across the internet discussed the possibilities the launch would have on the console market and if it would be a success in the long term whilst others questioned the point of a Steam Box altogether when they could just build there own&comma; so to speak&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The first third-party Steam Box&comma; the Xi3 Piston console&&num;8217&semi;s pricing has been revealed&&num;8230&semi; it starts at &dollar;1000&period; Saying that though if you preorder now you do get &dollar;100 off and a guaranteed delivery window of the &&num;8220&semi;2013 holiday season&&num;8221&semi;&period; Fair enough&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whilst there are other unofficial Steam Box consoles this is the most high-profile and it has been designed with Steam&&num;8217&semi;s Big Picture mode in mind to ensure that you get the maximum enjoyment out of the little box when you hook it up to your living room television set&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Going deeper into specifics&comma; the Xi3 Piston&&num;8217&semi;s specifications currently revealed to the public state that it has 8GB of RAM and a 3&period;2Ghz Quad Core &lpar;R464&rpar; processor&period; Three SSDs will be available also in the flavor of internal 128GB&comma; internal 256GB and internal 512GB&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Preordering can be done from clicking the following sentence&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;xi3&period;com&sol;buy&lowbar;now-piston&period;php">&&num;8220&semi;I have a lot of money&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Will you be putting your name down for a Xi3 Piston console&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2013-03-11-valve-backed-xi3-piston-console-starts-at-USD1000">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;bd5142c4-933d-4543-902c-385cda60686b" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;