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I don't see how they are turning their backs on anyone just because they're venturing into a new market segment. Same way Microsoft turned its back on PC game(
by romaniv 13y ago
I don't see how they are turning their backs on anyone just because they're venturing into a new market segment.
Same way Microsoft turned its back on PC game(r)s with it's "Games for Windows" brand, which really is "Games for XBox shabbily ported to Windows".
I thought one of the points of the Steam machines is that they're not locked down at all.
Will it run games not distributed through Steam?
- vertex-four 13y ago> Will it run games not distributed through Steam? Given that SteamOS is supposedly an open, Linux-based platform, I don't see why it wouldn't? It's pretty much just a standard Linux system that boots into a full-screen entertainment interface (an extension of Big Picture mode) by default. Switch into the desktop interface (there'll be a key combo), download and install whatever you want, and add it into Steam as a non-Steam game so you can launch it from Big Picture mode. Also, you could install another OS on it and dual-boot quite easily if you wanted. It's a PC.
- M2Ys4U 13y ago>Will it run games not distributed through Steam? I don't see why not - Valve has stated that the source code for Steam OS will be available. I presume that it's only Steam (and perhaps some drivers) that will remain proprietary.
- nilkn 13y agoI don't follow your analogy at all. Also, yes, I imagine you can run anything at all on the Steam machines.