Develop-Online: According to Valve’s newly-bearded company president, Gabe Newell, the Steam vendor is prepared to develop and sell hardware if it needs to.
No doubt such a claim will electrify some games studios and customers with unimaginable excitement. Steam had major teething problems, of course it did, but in recent years the matured Valve Software has had an aura of faultlessness that only the likes of Apple have been able to outshine.
The company’s reputation for putting customers first before anything else is well deserved, but what about the industry at large? What would a Valve console – presuming it would be successful - mean for the industry?
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?
First of all, I would trust Valve to bring the gamers value for money and make their decisions based on what brings the best experience for US!
2nd of all, it would force the competitors (Nintendo, Microsoft and PS3) to up their game.
With Steam and their output of games, Valve has already proven that they have our best interests at heart. That's not to say they're flawless, but I think they would be the ones who could make sure the hardware would be at the best quality possible, and stuff like digital distribution and patching etc etc would be more affordable and easier for everyone!
They should call it Steam
I dont know what would happen in the long run, but im sure it would be interesting to see. Especially on N4G.com
I don't know what it would do for the industry, but i'd buy it.
They already have a console, its called the pc.