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Gabe Newell teases Valve games or Steam coming to consoles, more info later this year
- Thread starter CommodoreKong
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Oh lol. Of course. This probably just means Alyx coming to PSVR
Steam on Xbox. I could play PC exclusive games on my Xbox? Hook up a mouse/keyboard to my Series X and go to town? I'd be happy since I don't have a gaming PC.
Steam games on the cloud is cool, but it's not Steam games on consoles.
I'm not going to say Alyx will never come to console, but I don't have a clue why it would be announced this year.
How so if you can play any Steam game on an Xbox with that service?
Probably what is going to happen. After the Discord thing, looks like Steam might go Microsoft.
Because you're playing it on the cloud...
What would you even need an Xbox for? Vast majority of TVs are web enabled these days.
It seems unlikely given how few PS5s are in the wild and how the PSVR2 is still a way off
This.. hell even half life alyx was announced close to Valve Index's Release..PSVR2 ain't coming until late in 2022 so announcing alyx for it this year doesn't make sense..
Why are Youtube, Netflix, HBO, DIsney+, Prime Video, etc apps on consoles if vast majority of TVs already have apps for that?
Consoles already come with a controller and work out of the box, there is no point in skipping them for cloud gaming apps.
They were working on a real PC "console", akin to a properly done Steam Machine. too bad it never saw the light of day :/
No idea what they're working on, but some kind of cheap device that lets you play Steam games via the cloud might be feasible.
What money? The ones they'd lose when people spend on Steam and play on Xbox, essentially zero revenue for MS?
Yah they might've pivoted. The "new" Steam machines were pretty far along, though. The plan was to sell them alongside the Index and Alyx, and make the cost palatable with installment plans similar to phones, available via Steam. Shame it never got out the door.
Maybe SteamLink 2.0 for Xbox? Alyx on PS5 also seems to be a no-brainer. It's too bad XSX doesn't support 20gbs transfer rates, otherwise Index could have come to Xbox.
Imo, cloud gaming isn't quite ready yet with the level of streaming latency involved. I think they could make a somewhat subsidised machine if they wanted to though. Is there anything stopping them from getting deals on chips like Sony and Microsoft?
Different from this? 👀
AFAIK this Steam Machine case design has never been officially announced (from HL:A Final Hours Valve tour)
We'll see what Gabe was referring to by the end of the year, I guess.
I don't think there's anything stopping them, but Sony and MS might be getting better deals if their sales projections mean they order more chips than Valve would.
Not Valve's style. Not since the announcement of HL2 Episode 3 anyway.
Seriously. I would've bought a Series X if I didn't already have a high-ish end PC but for the vast majority this is a no-brainer.
That looks vaguely similar to mocks I might've seen. It's also why Valve spun up an entire new hardware lab/production line in Factoria, WA. Maybe they're still coming, just taking longer than expected :)Different from this? 👀
AFAIK this Steam Machine case design has never been officially announced (from HL:A Final Hours Valve tour)
I've actually hinted at it multiple times here in the past. Whether this is still the plan or what Gabe is referring to.. we'll see
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Could easily be supplier issues, esespecially if Valve was planning on getting AMD APUs similar to what the Playstation and Xbox have.
I could see them going for machines that are weaker than current consoles to fit a smaller form factor and a good price point. I wonder what they would do about the controller though. I don't think trackpads on a Steam controller V2 would do the job.
I remember your comments about hardware when HLA was announced but I definitely missed any further hints, if there were.
Really weird if they abandoned the idea, though I wonder if some of the COVID supply issues screwed it up?
In Edge magazine for HLA's launch, they had an interview with Valve including on hardware. They mentioned they still had more hardware in the works beyond VR, to extend where Steam games could be played, but wouldn't elaborate for that interview. So seems they are very much still active on that front