Valve wants music, TV and films on SteamOS before release
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[url]http://www.computerandvideogames.com/445461/valve-wants-music-tv-and-films-on-steamos-before-release/[/url]
[quote]As it stands, the open-beta version of SteamOS - the operating system that will power Valve's TV-focused Steam Machine console/PC hybrids - simply allows users to play Steam games, falling drastically short of the multimedia capabilities of Sony and Microsoft's consoles.
But, according to Sweet, Valve aims to have movies, TV and music integrated into the system before its final public launch.
A beta version of Valve's Linux-based SteamOS was made available to download for free in December 2013.[/quote]
Steam Movie Sale.
my wallet...
rip.
It was only a matter of time.
Focusing on actual gaming first instead of slamming shit like "hurr u can watch tv and play at the same time" down your throat?
This is a console(esque?) done right.
So long as they don't forget what the platform was originally for, fine.
SteamOS Netflix confirmed.
Whoa there Valve, might wanna be a little bit more realistic.
I love you and all, but I doubt you can come up with something that makes the Average Joe who happens to use Steam to throw both Netflix and Spotify away in favor for your own service(s).
Although making those existing services some sort of plug-in would be a neat compromise.
I just hope they take the time to fix the biggest issues with the gaming side of Steam before they start worrying about TV and stuff
Yeah I misread this. This is worrying.
[QUOTE=O Cheerios O;43551561]Whoa there Valve, might wanna be a little bit more realistic.
I love you and all, but I doubt you can come up with something that makes the Average Joe who happens to use Steam to throw both Netflix and Spotify away in favor for your own service(s).
Although making those existing services some sort of plug-in would be a neat compromise.[/QUOTE]
Yes. There have been signs of Spotify being added to the client. It would make more sense for Netflix to be available as Software within Steam.
[QUOTE=danharibo;43551598]Yes. There have been signs of Spotify being added to the client. It would make more sense for Netflix to be available as Software within Steam.[/QUOTE]
If this happens i hope that version of netflix won't be region restricted.
[QUOTE=Angua;43551720]If this happens i hope that version of netflix won't be region restricted.[/QUOTE]
I don't see why it wouldn't be region restricted.
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;43551734]Ehh I want to hate this. But at the same time they really can't compete with Microsoft and Sony unless they have these services, if they're looking to compete.
Maybe the difference will come from them not putting TV, (American) Football, and brand names first before the games? Trying to make it an actual "gaming" console instead with the other supplemental shit as a bonus?
We'll see...[/QUOTE]
Sony's pretty much already done that though.
Add netlifx and spotify and boom, you're done.
Steam Movie Winter Sales. Yes.
Anyone remember when Steam used to have videos on it long long ago?
They used to have that little zombie movie. I think it was a couple guys trapped inside a car and they ended up cutting a whole in the bottom of it to escape through a manhole.
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;43551771]Yeah I have a really uneasy feeling about this, that it is going to fail [I]so hard[/I].
The fear isn't coming from the fact that they'll be left with no money after this though, because they probably are prepared.
It's just that if it fails it might have been because of one tiny mark they missed. Like one tiny detail they couldn't get right for some reason.[/QUOTE]
I'm more surprised they haven't locked this down yet and they've announced the Steam Machines already, right out the gate their message has fallen flat for consumers.
but i already have netflix and spotify valve
[QUOTE=slayer20;43551792]Anyone remember when Steam used to have videos on it long long ago?
They used to have that little zombie movie. I think it was a couple guys trapped inside a car and they ended up cutting a whole in the bottom of it to escape through a manhole.[/QUOTE]
Its still there :v:
[url]http://store.steampowered.com/video/900[/url]
As long as my games, movies, and songs all have their own libraries I have no issue with it. I am hesitant though considering how shitty film and music companies are.
[QUOTE=Angua;43551720]If this happens i hope that version of netflix won't be region restricted.[/QUOTE]
Everything surrounding TV and movies revolves around region restrictions. There's no legal way it couldn't be region restricted.
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;43551734]Ehh I want to hate this. But at the same time they really can't compete with Microsoft and Sony unless they have these services, if they're looking to compete.
Maybe the difference will come from them not putting TV, (American) Football, and brand names first before the games? Trying to make it an actual "gaming" console instead with the other supplemental shit as a bonus?
We'll see...[/QUOTE]
Thing is, the only thing they need to do is make it easy for services like Netflix to add themselves to the system, instead of Valve having to add each separate service to SteamOS.
[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;43552036]It worries me that Valve is detouring too much from a production company to a management company[/QUOTE]
i can tell by your avatar
but really they haven't been a dedicated game dev since forever ago.
Why is everyone assuming that they're going to be selling stuff themselves?
Swiss army knife by the TV.
Could just use a PC instead.
Netflix and music on a game console is a meh feature in my eyes.
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To be fair, I also think cell phones are extravagantly wasteful, so I'm not the target market.
Music I don't really mind, this can be very competitive towards itunes and other diigital distribution sites and how steam is famous for lowered sales, who knows that we may get a summer/winter sale that all music will be 75% off, and hopefully It sync well with my samsung galaxy S2 or my Ipod Generation 4.
I'm not much of a movie watcher, so I tend to avoid movies in general.
TV I don't really watch anymore, I got anime shows that i watch via kumby.com.
[QUOTE=Mabus;43551547]So long as they don't forget what the platform was originally for, fine.[/QUOTE]
yeah, a media center. this fits perfectly to be honest.
Good lord imagine a Steam music app
The mobile version would go 3 years without being updated and the desktop version would use half a gig of ram and play songs at .5x speed, except for the 3 hours each day it goes down, where it plays songs at 0x speed
[editline]15th January 2014[/editline]
also only half the songs you sync for offline play will work
[QUOTE=tirpider;43553022]Swiss army knife by the TV.
Could just use a PC instead.
Netflix and music on a game console is a meh feature in my eyes.
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To be fair, I also think cell phones are extravagantly wasteful, so I'm not the target market.[/QUOTE]
Tbh, Netflix is fantastic on game consoles. If you don't have a smart TV, it grants Netflix to your living room.
Can't say this wasn't expected. I assume Valve are just going to include existing services in SteamOS instead of trying to compete with them.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;43553237]Good lord imagine a Steam music app[/QUOTE]
And every time you play a new song for the first time it has to install DirectX.
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