It's not a Steam Box, but they want us to believe it is: Xi3's Piston might be the most confusing product in gaming this year, thanks to some muddled messaging and a deal with Valve that never ...

What's really special about the Piston is its coke can-equivalent size, and its temporary status as the only announced Steam Box of many. It looks lovely under a telly, but even with a $100 early ...

“Piston will also support a raft of other Internet-based gaming and entertainment platforms, which is more than what Valve apparently has planned for its official Steam Box,” Sullivan wrote.

Xi3 Piston, the first device revealed when Valve admitted it was getting into hardware, is not a Steam Machine - because "if you can play it on a computer you should be able to play it on a Piston".

While the PISTON Console isn't the official Steam Box that Valve is planning on releasing in the future, Valve is still helping Xi3 finance the device. Advertisement.

The Xi3 Piston--the third-party "Steam Box" that Valve is helping finance--has been officially priced to start at $1,000. The ultra-small Piston is packing 8GB of RAM and a 3.2GHz Quad Core AMD ...

Valve opened up, and out came the Piston: A micro PC collaboration between Valve and computer manufacturer Xi3 was revealed as a development-stage "Steam. Skip to main content.

Piston, Xi3's Valve-backed micro PC expected to be the first of a number of Steam boxes, will be available for pre-order at SXSW. Attendees who pre-order will receive $100 off the price of $999.99.

If Xi3’s Piston is any indication, PC-based game consoles that run Steam and other services won’t come cheap. The Piston, a modular gaming PC that’s small enough to hold in your hand, will ...

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The Xi3 Piston is a small form factor PC that was announced at CES 2013. ... The Piston model is reportedly optimized for use with Steam's Big Picture mode. Despite its small size, ...

The Steam Box (or Steam Boxes, more likely) has been a long time coming, and today, the Xi3’s Piston is leading the charge.While the details about Piston specifically are few and far between, we ...