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The killer feature with Steam for me at the moment is a combination of, a) some 300-400 games in my library, picked up over more than a decade, and probably 95
by fnordsensei 7y ago
The killer feature with Steam for me at the moment is a combination of,
a) some 300-400 games in my library, picked up over more than a decade, and probably 95% purchased on sales. There always seems to be a sale. This offsets the price of a computer as opposed to a console.
b) Steam Link, which lets me play those games in the living room using a regular Xbox One controller. The Link has recently migrated from being a hardware device to being software that runs on your TV (I have a Samsung TV) and now recently on iOS (iPhone/iPad/Apple TV).
Link works very well and has effectively moved me to the living room for enjoying games.
It has also made my game library available to my wife, who wasn't going to sit down in front of a computer to play games any time soon, but who has found some games she really enjoys playing by virtue of the simpler, more direct interface that is Steam's big screen mode.
While Steam the desktop app is a horrible, ancient mess, the big screen interface is surprisingly decent.
- roel_v 7y ago"The Link has recently migrated from being a hardware device to being software that runs on your TV (I have a Samsung TV" Wait what? I have a hardware Link and a Samsung tv. Are you saying I can dump the hardware? How do the controllers connect?
- ValentineC 7y agoSteam Link seems to work on 2016 and later smart TVs: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5613-TADC-2802 https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5613-TAD... Amusingly, there's also a version for the Raspberry Pi 3B: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6153-IFGH-6589 https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6153-IFG...
- fnordsensei 7y agoLike the sibling says, 2016 and forwards essentially. I'm running it on a Q7F (I think it is). If you can get it to work, it's excellent. Supports 4K, whereas the physical one does not. I'm guessing the Apple TV 4K should support 4K streaming as well. Yeah, so due to how bluetooth works on the Samsung, some controllers work well and others don't. I set up VirtualHere[1] on the router (which is pretty close to the TV), and connected a USB bluetooth stick to the router. I have a wireless Apple keyboard, a Logitech mouse, and two Xbox controllers connecting through the bluetooth stick, and it works flawlessly. No discernible input lag. 1: https://www.virtualhere.com/ https://www.virtualhere.com/