Let's just get this straight, Piston is only Valve BACKED...its not made by Valve, it's just backed by Valve. It's not "The SteamBox" or Valve's Official console, it's a 3rd party piece of hardware.
Further on from the showing of the "Piston" from Xi3, Valve's own Doug Lombardi has also just stated that this won't be the only Valve backed hardware:
He also stated that this hardware would be:
http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/8/385...ware-and-content-developers-at-ces-piston-one
Further on from the showing of the "Piston" from Xi3, Valve's own Doug Lombardi has also just stated that this won't be the only Valve backed hardware:
"Valve will be at CES to meet with hardware and content developers in our booth space. We are bringing multiple custom (hardware) prototypes as well as some off-the-shelf PCs to our CES meetings... We will be sharing more information to the press and public in the coming months
He also stated that this hardware would be:
low-cost, high-performance designs for the living room that are great candidates for Steam and Big Picture.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/8/385...ware-and-content-developers-at-ces-piston-one