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A large part of it may be covered by this functionality; "You can play all your Windows and Mac games on your SteamOS machine, too. Just turn on your existing c
by Robadob 13y ago
A large part of it may be covered by this functionality;
"You can play all your Windows and Mac games on your SteamOS machine, too. Just turn on your existing computer and run Steam as you always have - then your SteamOS machine can stream those games over your home network straight to your TV!"
- sbarre 13y agoExactly. Gigabit ethernet in the home (or really fast wireless) should make this pretty feasible even with twitch-based action games (we can hope!)
- jlgreco 13y agoWith twitch-based games you'll have to convince twitch-based game players of that. These are people that look up latency specs on wireless keyboards because they think that makes a difference.
- sbarre 13y agoAnd I would bet that they are enough of a minority that it financially doesn't matter. They will keep playing on their finely tuned rigs with old CRT monitors anyways. But the average person who wants to play the latest Assassin's Creed or Grand Theft Auto over that kind of streaming system? There are lots of those (including me).
- xentronium 13y agoIt's a dual-edged sword, as being able to stream windows titles doesn't give much incentive for game devs to fully support linux, does it?
- venomsnake 13y agoBut it gives the users a reason to switch which is important. The idea of forfeiting 300-400 games is not pleasant.
- WalterSear 13y agoIt's a stepping stone.
- moistgorilla 13y agoValve has a lot of power. They can offer discounts and say that instead of taking 30% of every game purchased through steam we will only take 20% if it supports steam os. I'm sure developers would consider it when they can be making 10% more from every sale.