It Seems Valve Are Making Hardware After All

<p>It would seem that despite the rumours&comma; Valve are making hardware after all&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A recent job listing has confirmed that Valve are looking to develop hardware after all&period; This confirms the rumours that have been edging around for a few months now&period; This hasn&&num;8217&semi;t done anything to dispel the rumours of a possible &&num;8220&semi;SteamBox&&num;8221&semi; console&comma; though&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Valve is traditionally a software company&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;valvesoftware&period;com&sol;jobs&sol;job&lowbar;postings&period;html">listing for an Industrial Designer position reads<&sol;a>&period; &&num;8220&semi;Open platforms like the PC and Mac are important to us&comma; as they enable us and our partners to have a robust and direct relationship with customers&period; We&&num;8217&semi;re frustrated by the lack of innovation in the computer hardware space though&comma; so we&&num;8217&semi;re jumping in&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Even basic input&comma; the keyboard and mouse&comma; haven&&num;8217&semi;t really changed in any meaningful way over the years&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s a real void in the marketplace&comma; and opportunities to create compelling user experiences are being overlooked&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>So&comma; what does this mean for Valve&quest; Heck&comma; what does this mean for gaming&quest; Valve clearly want to change the way we interact with developers&comma; as seen in their Steam Greenlight service&period; Now do they want to change the way we interact with games altogether&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hopefully&comma; they&&num;8217&semi;ll be working on a pre-built&comma; Steam-ready gaming PC that will be available cheaply&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;5940111&sol;yep-looks-like-valves-still-making-hardware">Kotaku<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;