The Xi3 Piston Steam Box Gets Priced At $999
Xi3 Corporation recently announced that it will begin accepting pre-orders for its PISTON Console (PC) during the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas. The list price of Xi3’s PISTON Console starts at $999.99. Any PISTON Console pre-order placed between now and the end of SXSW 2013 (11:59 p.m. CST, Sunday, March 17, 2013), will receive a $100 discount off the list price, with pre-ordered PISTON Consoles shipped in time for the 2013 Holiday Season.
The Piston Console is powered by an AMD Athlon Dual Core 3400E 22W processor, 2GB DDR2 memory, 16GB internal SSD, and runs openSUSE Linux. You can add Windows 7 Pro 64-bit for $147, upgrading to an internal 128GB SSD will run an additional $170 and a color other than gray will run you another $15-$30. The official launch trailer is shown below.
Given the amount of awards, media attention and gamer interest the PISTON Console has generated since it was unveiled at CES 2013 in January, weve become seriously concerned that we will not be able to meet the demand for PISTON Consoles this year, said Jason A. Sullivan, founder, president and CEO of Xi3 Corporation. Thats why we have decided to begin accepting pre-orders on our PISTON Console, beginning today with the start of the SXSW Gaming Expo. Gaming Expo attendees will also get the benefit of being the first to see the PISTON Console in action.
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