forbes.com: When Newell declared Windows 8 a “catastrophe” and Valve announced their adoption of Linux, a Steam-based console seemed all but inevitable. Big Picture mode, Linux, lots of hardware accessories, and a bunch of people at Valve talking up the importance of living room-based gaming…the next logical step is a machine to pull it all together.
Fan projects Team Fortress: Source 2 and Portal 64 have shut down after Valve intervened in their development.
First they open Steam up to more AI, now they are shutting down fan projects when at one time they used to support or even give the fans jobs.
Wonder what's going on with Valve at the minute.
There's potential that Valve had already planned to bring Source 2 to TF2 officially after Counter Strike 2. It's been getting some renewed attention lately.
You got Nintendo to thank for Portal64 being taken down. As for TF2, most likely it's due to the probability of Valve working on a source 2 port themselves. It's sucks but Nintendo are the biggest pricks in the business and not letting this drag out into a huge court drama is the best decision.
Valve has updated its stance on AI games on the Steam storefront, allowing creators to publish AI-created games.
Hell no. I want games that have been made by creative minds who have a passion for their craft, not a bot with a penchant for plagiarism.
So instead of paying for an engine and assets to create a game they are paying for an engine and assets to create a game.
Valve has officially warned against inhaling the Steam Deck vent fumes in an official response due to potential health hazards.
Wow people will huff anything nowadays some people just have way too much time on their hands.
Another reason to love the PlayStation Portal, no chance of breathing in noxious vapors.
Get a Steam Deck they said, to which I reply, what are you high?
Every new console is a " Game Changer" but how much will it change the game?
We had PS3/360 from PS2/Xbox that welcomed us to the HD era and Blu-ray. The Wii from the N64, that welcomed us to motion controls. The WiiU/Phones/Tablets that welcomed us to touch screen gaming.
I'm sure big picture mode would be something and do wonders, but if its no different from playing on a Big screen TV, its not much of a game changer. I'm going to look up more info about Big Picture Mode before digging myself in a hole, due to the lack of information.
"Rather than have complicated specs determine whether a game would run on your machine, games could run on Steam Box 2 and up, or Steam Box 3 and up (similar to iOS games.) This standardization and simplification of PC gaming would be a huge benefit to many consumers and developers alike, while not really impacting more “hardcore” PC gamers."
I don't think value is mainstream enough to be able to release steam box 2,3,4....quite so quickly form each other. They are not apple. In terms of apple their games work across all devices because the jump is pretty much nothing which is why the app side of the thing works (some apps will have loading issues on older devices). I think saying this game works with steam box 1 and this game works with steam box 1,2,3 could get confusing to the average consumer if these releases are in a short time span.
My main concern is it going to be digital only. Obviously steam is digital but what shops are going to stock this device if it is digital only (no extra return for them). Also how easy is it going to be to upgrade? Will it confuse the average consumer? So much more information is needed to judge if it is really going to be a game changer because the market is the non PC crowd and the average consumer is what makes a "game changer"
not if every single game can be played on my PC. cause i got a monster PC so i am not gonna get this when ill just get a ps4 instead
Mehh! I will stick with the Xbox 720
Launch with half life 3 and instantly sell millions.