No?
The user obviously notice what software they can run.
What make Android successful against the competition? The same thing which make Windows popular. Software compatibility.
Linux doesn't have it when it comes to all the games on Steam.
No.
But I wouldn't mind if my brain knew how to do it correctly and did so.
The Valve titles are very popular on Steam's platform and some of the large AAA titles are ported to Linux and I suspect the idea was that even more of future AAA titles would run on Linux.
(I think Civilization V was supposed to? If nothing else the new space one? X-COM: Enemy unknown will get a Linux version, Metro Last Light have one, Serious Sam 4 will have and 3: BFE have, FIFA have or will have (I don't care) and so on.)
You saw it here first (patent fuckers!
I think the keyboard should be replaced by an analogue controller, keyboards both have the traveling distance before they engage and disengage and they are simply on or off.
For instance in a game which use stealth as a mechanic IMHO it would be much better with exact controll about both when and how much you are doing something, say walking forward and strafing slowly behind a couch to get into just the right position vs running full speed ahead or standing still
The mouse is decent for aiming though. But the keyboard is far from optimal.
I'm far from convinced the Steam controller is a better controller than the Xbox One controller.
And so is likely Valve and the people who have tried it out and hence the delay.
Sure it will be able to emulate a keyboard and mouse but on the other hand some titles already have a controller support and the controller they support is (among others?) the Xbox 360 controller.
The awesome part about those controllers is that they have the analouge sticks which I think may be ergonomically better.
The Xbox One controller also have a "NES styled" cross which will be nice to have and the Valve one have neither kind of somewhat more "physical feedback" controller.
At least for streaming purposes for compatibility it doesn't matter that it run Linux and it could possibly give a somewhat lower price for the machines (and for streaming purposes they would have less expensive hardware too so any dollar saved make a bigger impact.)
Yea I agree, it's also losing all of its publicity momentum. I do wonder if steamOS will be a success, as I'm not particularly convinced about it.
As a Linux user I have very little interest in it and kinda wished they didn't tried though I can at least see advantages in getting gaming/performance specific patches they want into the system or say binary drivers or such. So small advantages. But I wish/hope other distributions pick them up too and I don't really like this favourism of Ubuntu and Debian developers.
I run Steam in Fedora now and ran it in openSUSE before and I don't want to have to switch to a limited distribution for compatibility reasons or so. I would prefer if Steam ran on all the big ones and if they need a common platform that it simply installed a bunch of packages needed to have all that (or recommended that they was installed.)
IMHO I think and have always thought the reason for Valve doing it in the first place is that they are scared about all the vendor specific stores which is poping up (of which they are one and one of the bigger ones but there could exist an even bigger more obvious choice) - As iTunes store, Google Play, whatever Microsoft calls their / Live.
_If_ Microsoft made a successful game delivery platform / sold all software signed through their own store Valve would have much less left.
If they rolled and had their own OS and people actually used it that would be less of a problem for them.
By now and since the Steam machine reveal GMG have started their own software with a similar purpose as Steams in that it keep track of your friends and let you upgrade your games and such but connected to their store which use all DRM free content. Since I want everything in one place that may not prevent me from using Steam but it's sure a more attractive option from a technical stand point. And as said the reason most of us prefer Steam over say Desura or something such is that it's biggest and (possibly?) have the most content (most popular if nothing else) - It's not something you can take for granted though.
Linux didn't made much sense for the consumer anyway.
This must be somewhat disturbing for Valve. Then again I doubt many individuals was asking for a Steam specific OS.
Disturbing because if it all released at the same time then at least they'd have some hype now you'll just have small gaming PCs where you either get Windows and kinda all games or the Steam one which only run a small part of all the titles.
Yay! Which one are you going to pick?
He continues to show himself to be a very smart man.
Clearly he's working with real products and not in the media industry.
You was replying to the wrong post. Guess it was for the grand parent post.
Boho.
Polluters get to pay for their pollution?!
(Purchasers of goods and services which require pollution of the planet.)
HOW UNFAIR!
Why so anonymous? It's not like you was wrong.
Hopefully you just lack a user and the reason isn't that you're too afraid to post as yourself.
.... it's surely just a bunch of superstitious nonsense......
Oh yeah, that (what I said before) and with scientific evidence it carries some interest and use whereas as a religious scripture it's totally useless.
Even in a script of superstitious nonsense some idea may be of value.
Fasting is a requirement by the god or for some other reason?
Money is the root of all evil, and man needs roots.
