Valve Steam Box prototypes to show up in the next four months

Just before the BAFTA game awards took place last night, Valve boss Gabe Newell revealed the company's progress with its Steam box console and stated that prototypes would be making their way to some lucky customers in the next three or four months.Newell describes the Steam box as a gaming console that has the power and flexibility of a PC. He says the developers are trying to make it as fast and quiet as they possibly can. However, the controller seems to be posing a hurdle. According to Newell, "The main thing that's holding us up... we have a couple of different controllers prototypes we're using."Newell also talks about gathering players' biometric data through the controllers and using that to make the gaming experience better. For instance, the controller would monitor a player's heart rate when they're playing a horror game and the game would adjust according to how scared you are. A biometric controller could be part of the Steam box and could also be released separately for PC gaming in general.

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