Xi3 Piston gaming box
Think of it as a bare bones box that isn’t quite bare bones. Initially announced at CES 2013, the Xi3 Piston, Valve powered online gaming box, designed for Steam box and big picture modes, combines the world of PC’s and Consoles.
It’s been happaning for years, dumbing down online gaming experiences trying to integrate the PC gaming world with the Console Gaming world with mixed results. Xi3 for Piston will initially ship with a Windows 8 Operating system and will retail for $1,000.00 USD. Pre-Orders started Monday for $899.00 USD. till March 17th 2013.
Your money will get you a micro pc with 128 SSD, 8GB or RAM and an AMD 3.2Ghz Quad Core Processor with integrated Radeon 7000 series GPU, nestled in about a 4″ cubed case. For an additional $340 you can get a 256GB SSD or $750 additionally for a 512GB SSD.
via Techcrunch.com
