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Can anyone please explain to me how this is supposed to work with the majority of games out there that happen to be only for Windows? Short of a handful of indi

Can anyone please explain to me how this is supposed to work with the majority of games out there that happen to be only for Windows? Short of a handful of indie games, what exactly are you supposed to play with this? Many major AAA titles have performance issues on Windows these days, and that's with nVidia and AMD doing their best to optimize their drivers, so please don't try to convince me that you can run the latest Assassin's Creed through Wine or something.

iagooar 13y ago
It's a project that aims for the future, not the past. Or can you play PS3 games on a PS4?
- VexXtreme 13y ago
  Ok, so it's a concept for a gaming OS that might become viable in the future, provided that developers decide to build for it. I still feel like there's a ton of misadvertising and misleading in their ads, making it look like it's a full blown OS. Hence my question.
  - secretguy 13y ago
    Can you point out any misleading information in their advertisements? By the way, it is a full blown OS.
  - Skinney 13y ago
    It technically is a full blown OS, just centered around gaming. There are currently 100 or so games available for Steam on Linux. The OS as far as I can tell, is currently in Beta. It's released now so Valve can get feedback and tune it so it works better when the actual steam machines is released.
  - jccalhoun 13y ago
    it is a full os. it is just a gaming-focused linux distro. So presumably anything that works on linux can work on steamos.
  - wwwtyro 13y ago
    > I still feel like there's a ton of misadvertising and misleading in their ads, making it look like it's a full blown OS. I don't understand. Are you equating OS popularity among game developers with the completeness of an OS?
  - vertex-four 13y ago
    It's a console OS. It's based on Linux, and can run any game that is available on Steam for Linux, as well as any other Linux game or application if you flick a checkbox. Frankly, it's also in a better place than the two traditional consoles that have just been released, as far as game choice goes. There are, having a quick look, 684 games available through Steam for Linux. SteamOS is being advertised as part of Valve's SteamMachines initiative, whereby hardware manufacturers will build PC-based console devices running SteamOS. Where are they making it look like it's a desktop OS?
  - g_glitch 13y ago
    Seriously? Let me elaborate upon what you just said: http://i.imgur.com/Gsun97X.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Gsun97X.jpg
  - Shorel 13y ago
    How is SteamOS not a full OS? It is not a Windows gaming OS, but that's something only Windows can be.
efraim 13y ago
They are working on streaming games from a windows pc to a steambox. http://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream http://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream

iagooar 13y ago

It's a project that aims for the future, not the past. Or can you play PS3 games on a PS4?

VexXtreme 13y ago
Ok, so it's a concept for a gaming OS that might become viable in the future, provided that developers decide to build for it. I still feel like there's a ton of misadvertising and misleading in their ads, making it look like it's a full blown OS. Hence my question.
- secretguy 13y ago
  Can you point out any misleading information in their advertisements? By the way, it is a full blown OS.
- Skinney 13y ago
  It technically is a full blown OS, just centered around gaming. There are currently 100 or so games available for Steam on Linux. The OS as far as I can tell, is currently in Beta. It's released now so Valve can get feedback and tune it so it works better when the actual steam machines is released.
- jccalhoun 13y ago
  it is a full os. it is just a gaming-focused linux distro. So presumably anything that works on linux can work on steamos.
- wwwtyro 13y ago
  > I still feel like there's a ton of misadvertising and misleading in their ads, making it look like it's a full blown OS. I don't understand. Are you equating OS popularity among game developers with the completeness of an OS?
- vertex-four 13y ago
  It's a console OS. It's based on Linux, and can run any game that is available on Steam for Linux, as well as any other Linux game or application if you flick a checkbox. Frankly, it's also in a better place than the two traditional consoles that have just been released, as far as game choice goes. There are, having a quick look, 684 games available through Steam for Linux. SteamOS is being advertised as part of Valve's SteamMachines initiative, whereby hardware manufacturers will build PC-based console devices running SteamOS. Where are they making it look like it's a desktop OS?
- g_glitch 13y ago
  Seriously? Let me elaborate upon what you just said: http://i.imgur.com/Gsun97X.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Gsun97X.jpg
- Shorel 13y ago
  How is SteamOS not a full OS? It is not a Windows gaming OS, but that's something only Windows can be.

efraim 13y ago

They are working on streaming games from a windows pc to a steambox. http://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream http://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream