In an interview with Penny Arcade, Valve’s Game Newell said that they would get into the hardware game if it became necessary. Valve wants hardware production to move forward with technology, and would be willing to develop hardware if it came to that.
—Gabe Newell, of valve. Source
Nice to see that if Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo are ok with rehashing the same thing ad nauseum someone else is willing to change the game. Given Steams already established catalog the incumbent developers would suffer greatly so long as the price point is competitive. I’d assume they’d also include cross platform multi-player/co-op with the PC. Even with equal hardware a valve console would become a massive threat.
