I thought that users installing it isn't really the point. What I took from it is that they want other companies to be able to make their own SteamBox devices to basically compete with their own SteamBox. It would be akin to Sony releasing the OS for the PS4 so other companies could manufacture PS4-compatible consoles.…
There's a lot of pros. + Streaming from your main PC. You could build or buy a low end steam box and stream PC games to the TV. This is great because there is a large number of couch co-op friendly games on Steam, and just opens up more types of games to steam. Also a decent number of gamers want to get a way from PC to…