Steam Machines and Steam Controller shipping to beta participants December 13th
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Re: Steam Machines and Steam Controller shipping to beta participants December 13th
#2The important bit is that we will have steamos to play with soon. They say it will be downloadable when the hardware ships.
Re: Steam Machines and Steam Controller shipping to beta participants December 13th
#3>We’ve had to make the difficult decision to limit our beta to the U.S. only, because of regulatory hurdles. This was not our original plan, and it means we can’t collect beta feedback from Steam customers world-wide, which is pretty unfortunate. All things considered, we’re sure it was the right decision, because the alternative was to delay the whole beta beyond the point when we’d be able to incorporate any feedback into the 2014 products.
For those outside the US who were hoping to participate.
Re: Steam Machines and Steam Controller shipping to beta participants December 13th
#4Looks nice. Just curious: does anyone know where Valve is making the hardware?
Re: Steam Machines and Steam Controller shipping to beta participants December 13th
#5The important bit is that we will have steamos to play with soon. They say it will be downloadable when the hardware ships.
Yeah, I think I am more excited about the new linux distro than the hardware. Only two more days to go.
Re: Steam Machines and Steam Controller shipping to beta participants December 13th
#6>We’ve had to make the difficult decision to limit our beta to the U.S. only, because of regulatory hurdles. This was not our original plan, and it means we can’t collect beta feedback from Steam customers world-wide, which is pretty unfortunate. All things considered, we’re sure it was the right decision, because the alternative was to delay the whole beta beyond the point when we’d be able to incorporate any feedba…
Even if you're in the US there's only a very very small chance you'll be able to participate in the beta.
Re: Steam Machines and Steam Controller shipping to beta participants December 13th
#7I'm anxious to see how much Valve has learned since the launch of Steam a decade ago. Steam is great now, but it sucked pretty hard when it first came out. I remember the genuine shock I felt at having the friends functionality actually work the way I expected it to after about 4 years of pure shit. I have no doubt this will eventually be awesome, only question is how long it will take.
Re: Steam Machines and Steam Controller shipping to beta participants December 13th
#8I have a 100 game library of games on Steam that I would love to play on my TV but the SteamBox will only play a tiny percentage of them due to being linux based. Seems great for those new to steam though...
Re: Steam Machines and Steam Controller shipping to beta participants December 13th
#9I have a 100 game library of games on Steam that I would love to play on my TV but the SteamBox will only play a tiny percentage of them due to being linux based. Seems great for those new to steam though...
Apparently the SteamOS can stream games, OnLive style, from your Windows computer to your TV.
Re: Steam Machines and Steam Controller shipping to beta participants December 13th
#10I'm anxious to see how much Valve has learned since the launch of Steam a decade ago. Steam is great now, but it sucked pretty hard when it first came out. I remember the genuine shock I felt at having the friends functionality actually work the way I expected it to after about 4 years of pure shit. I have no doubt this will eventually be awesome, only question is how long it will take.
Ahh yes I remember friends list being offline for a solid year if not more. It sure has come a long way.