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Why would they announce the software separately from its #1 use case?
by ketralnis 13y ago
Why would they announce the software separately from its #1 use case?
- scarlson 13y agoCasual vs Hardcore gaming. If they announce the console first, and it's not able to run the latest and greatest games on their highest resolution they stymie the idea of being able to run SteamOS on a high end gaming rig. This way people are thinking about how they can run SteamOS on their existing hardware before thinking they need to run it on a Steambox.
- concernedctzn 13y agowell, the next icon on this page http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/ http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/ sure looks like a box enclosing the circle that turned out to be the OS. It's not really a separate announcement as this is all part of one unified event.
- errnoh 13y agoThird one is more interesting since they already announced streaming from Steam to SteamOS.
- matthew-wegner 13y agoMaybe this? But who really knows, with Valve: "SteamOS will be available soon as a free download for users and as a freely licensable operating system for manufacturers."
- ZeroGravitas 13y agoSame reason Android was announced before the first phone: because surfing the wave of rapidly improving hardware is part of the plan.
- sliverstorm 13y agoValve likes to escalate announcements. It would be very "Valve" to announce the OS, which can run anywhere, and then next announce the box they want you to run it on.
- Apocryphon 13y ago...and then announce the game that you'll be playing on the box?!?
- sliverstorm 13y agoNo, it's not half life 3. The logo for the 3rd announcement wouldn't make any sense then.
- perfectm 13y agoMy thought is to temper disappointment. If they announced the steam box today and it ran a flavor of Linux it would be a disappointment. If we know about steam OS for 48 hours before the steam box announcement, we would all expect the steam box to run steam OS.