Valve confirms launching some steam hardware in the year 2014.
There was a new post on the official site of Steam that explains different SteamOS machines which will be available in the near future after closing a beta phase. Valve is currently working on different prototypes. Only 300 steam users will be able to receive such a prototype.
How you might ask? The instructions are posted here.
If you don’t have time to read, this is the short version:
1) Log into Steam before the 25th of October and go to the quest page.
2) Join the Univers community group and agree to the hardware terms and conditions.
3) Invite 10 steam friends which have a public Steam Community profile.
4) Play a game with a controller in the mode ” Big Picture”.
If you do everything correctly, you’ll earn a special badge and be among other players who are in the run for one of the 300 prototypes. Only 30 persons will be lucky to get their hands on this new piece of hardware. Valve gives you no restrictions whatsoever in this “testing”- phase. You can hack it, upgrade it, install other software packages, post bugs on forums, etc.
For more information, check the official site!
