Comment Re:What about game mods and user maps? (Score 1) 348
Both Xbox / PS are very limited with that.
Lately, so is the PC. But Valve has traditionally supported the mod community, and the mod community is essentially what built Valve.
Both Xbox / PS are very limited with that.
Lately, so is the PC. But Valve has traditionally supported the mod community, and the mod community is essentially what built Valve.
In addition to those criteria, if SteamOS has the capability to install and run emulators of my choice (PSXe, Nesticle*, et. al), as well as having AAA games available on launch day, there's about a snowball's chance in hell I'm going to buy one of the other consoles.
* Yes, I still have a copy of Nesticle stashed on a drive somewhere; No, I'm not sending you the binary.
Since it is just a Linux system with a new GUI, I am guessing there will be emulator hacks out on day 1.
If they publish some basic specs they don't really need to roll out any hardware at all. For the 'console-only' crowd, they can buy a Steam Box
From what I can tell, and Linux computer supporting Steam and a controller and you have a "steam box" now.
You'll only be able to play those AAA titles on a Steambox by streaming them from a powerful Windows computer which most console gamers don't have.
Funny. There seem to be more AAA games ported evey few months. And so many inde games I can't keep track.
I kinda took it differently. When they announced this an Alienware equivalent doesn't come to mind. Instead I get the same picture as the $300-400 budget gaming PC's that I've always built. When the parts are bought in bulk I'm willing to bet that an OEM could assemble a small equivalent set-top box for even cheaper and have a fairly capable system to compete with the $400-500 Sony and MS offerings.
I'm kinda envisioning the Steambox being offered at more of a $250-300 price point. If you want a monster rig you can still build it yourself and run SteamOS.
Add to that the economies of scale they get from all sides...
The games they sell will also be sold to Linux Desktop users, and Windows PC users, so a larger market on day one. It also means a much larger catalog of games than any other console has EVER opened with.
The console itself is open, and can be used for other purposes. (Like xbmc, or whatever) This means a larger market than just game players.
The game delivery platform has much lower barriers to entry, and you already see tones of inde delevopers there. This will increase it as now they have a cheap console to design to. (Baseline hardware is never a bad thing.)
But yes, if you're still using some creaky old 800x600 monitor, or for some odd reason resize your browser window to a 3-figure width, you'll probably have a problem.
Actually, I resize it to 960 so I can have two pages side by side. Most of my windows default to this. Web browser on one sied, and note pad or spreadsheet or whatever on the other. If you are actually compiling or colating data and not just consuming it, it is damned handy.
One problem I've seen with sites that try to accommodate all screen widths is that it does some wacky things when you try to embed images into the text. I think that's why a lot of websites do this.
Well it sure as shit does wacky things with the text when you try to view it in a window and not full screen.
All the limitations of mobile, now on your desktop!
I guess it makes sense, as that is how they are dsigning desktops these days. Idiots...
I do web development for a living. The 1024 x 768 market share is small enough these days that I use 1280 x 768 as my current minimum target.
You are also tossing out all the people that do not brows full screen. Like me. You choice, but what exactly do you get for eliminating all those people?
If Site B is asked, then they will have to delete that information.
How in hell is this supposed to be so difficult to work out? Is it motivated ignorance or just ignorance?
And if site B replies "Vete a la chingada" because they are not in California, or even the US, then what?
If I'm Googling potential employees, I'm probably more interested in papers they published than a YouTube video of them drunkenly dancing on a table.
And later you can answer all those people who ask how you could hire a teacher like that. A lot of companies are deathly afraid of a scandal, and it is easier to cut it off in the hiring process than to fire people later. (Which means you get sneaker scoundrels, which is what they want, I guess.)
If they let minors do this, why not everyone?
The better question is "How do you scrub something off the Internet?" Barbra Streisand wants to know...
Give me a gaming kernel replacement (kind of like the real time kernel) in a general purpose OS that I remain in control of and that doesn't spy on me and I'll be a cheerleader.
Then use Ubuntu and the Steam Client. That is essentially what this is, but without the GP desktop.
"And remember: Evil will always prevail, because Good is dumb." -- Spaceballs
