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Valve seems to be launching a "Steam TV" service?
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They did push their streaming platform last sale and even have a section of the main page dedicated to live streams now.
I doubt it'll approach Twitch considering how slight the streaming stuff continues to be and how inadequate the Steam Chat post-rework is compared to Discord. Maybe it's meant to be more of a OBS competitor?
I doubt it'll approach Twitch considering how slight the streaming stuff continues to be and how inadequate the Steam Chat post-rework is compared to Discord. Maybe it's meant to be more of a OBS competitor?
They haven't been pushing streaming at all. For several years they let certain events stream on the main page or a separate one
The only recent changes has been a beta test for devs / their partners to stream on store pages for whatever reason, eg product / update launch / sale and demonstration
It'll likely be built into Steam itself, regardless or what you have, you have the option to stream on Steam platform.
I imagine where you preview games, live streams will pop up in the window along with promo video and screenshots.
It's almost certainly something Twitchesque. The SSL certificate was issued to steamcommunity.com rather than steampowered.com.
Guessing this will just up being a hub where they'll show off whatever current streams are going on at the moment on Steam. It'll probably just be like whatever the current hub is but with its own dedicated URL.
A Steam Stream Box perhaps?
I was expecting this since I saw the concept art for the new Steam UI last year. It had a section for broadcasts for each game in your library. Plus they seem to be pushing the streams more now.
Steam has had streaming for a while now. This is probably just a dedicated URL to a hub where you can watch streams.
Oh boy a platform with even less guidelines and rule enforcement than both Twitch and YouTube, that sounds great.
Valve should call this service "Blender" to compete with Mixer :)
I'm pretty sure it's impossible to have less guidelines and rule enforcement than YouTube.
Take a bet this will go online during PAX when they are showing off Artifact.
It hasn't been online yet
It hasn't been online yet
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People are always negative as fuck in Valve threads, I don't get it.
Btw, it's impossible to have what you're saying.
Nope. I'm sure there'll be one next year, though, as there'll be a lot to talk about (new client, game compatibility tools, store/community features that have been added or tweaked since the last Dev Days [e.g. the publisher homepages], probably another Discovery Update, etc.).
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They seem to have a lot to talk about even for a potential event this year. Your link is from 2017 so maybe they've changed their mind..but i guess they would have already advertised it. I still laugh at the 2016 talk where they said that at next year's SDD we'll see Valve's VR titles.
I bet those greedy bastards at Steam will have the gall to charge their streamers 30% of all profits too!
Seriously, I hope it takes off and works out for Valve.
Seriously, I hope it takes off and works out for Valve.
Ah so there it is. Update of broadcasting to the new UI as with chat. Probably going to keep adding to it till they full launch everything.
Looks like you will be able to browse by game at some point. For now, TI is good event to test with. Later I'd guess they will have a lot of Artifact showcase popping up
Ridiculously useful along with the app, but now that TVs have them built in, they are becoming useful only for older TVs
https://www.cnet.com/news/steam-tv-is-live-and-it-appears-to-be-valves-twitch-competitor/
So it should launch in 2 days
I feel like the ship has sailed on streaming platforms. Trying to take on Twitch/YouTube, even if you’re Valve, seems like a losing battle.
Hey at least now if theres some kind of "steam prime" ill get my damn games on steam and not have to use a twitch app.
A lot of people are not happy with Twitch. The discoverability on Twitch is abysmal. The big channels are getting bigger, and the smaller channels get buried under sub categories and never have a chance. Recently they added a "you may also like these channels" but it's pretty bad.
Content creators are also running away from YouTube. Some channels are doing ok, IRL, but overall it doesn't seem like YouTube cares about improving the live streaming part of website. They're so behind Twitch on many things.
I feel like a lot of semi popular Streamers, not yet Twitch partners, would jump at the chance of getting front page exposure on a Steam streaming platform. It would basically be like the people that got in first on Twitch.
And Steam already does tagging, content curation groups. I feel like they could do well with discoverability if they tried.
You could point at Mixer... But Mixer is nowhere near Steam. Every pc gamer has Steam installed.
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