[–] Bindlestiff 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
it could have worked if they'd actually given people a reason to use steamOS.
[–] derram 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Valve gets rid of the Steam Machine section | PC Gamer
'While their Steam Machine partners were designing their first boxes, Valve was busy making their own device: the Steam Link. '
'The old Steam Machine page can still be reached, but not through the front page. '
'The Steam Machine launch wasn’t helped by Valve’s second bid for domination of the living room. '
'Remember Steam Machines?'
'It essentially did the same thing: allowing people to play Steam games on their TV, but instead of being a desktop surrogate, the Steam Link was a streaming device. '
[–] SpeechAndAlsoGuns 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Is Steam Link still around? It never played nice for me
[–] truthwoke33 ago
I knew it would be a failure from the moment I heard about it. Valve can do great stuff, but hardware releases like that simply cannot be sat on or delayed, delaying hardware almost guarantees it will simply be outdated upon its release. Plus Steam OS is a pile of garbage and they don't have a customer support team. Fuck valve now though, Gabe is a fat Jew has been.
[–] SithEmpire ago
Good call I think; given that 'Hardware + SteamOS = Steam Machine' and that SteamOS is down at #90 on DistroWatch, it makes more sense to cover Debian-type compatibility by testing on Mint and Ubuntu. Throw in Manjaro as an Arch-type and that will be probably most Linux desktops sorted without having to cater to some random SteamOS specifics which Valve threw in.
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[–] wuzizname 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
Doesn't seem like they can, I had high hopes for both the steam controller and the steam machine - I thought it was a great marketing play, but the way they rolled them out and supported them was lame. Imagine if they'd rolled out the Steam Machine with an enhanced half-life bundle (or dare I say even a new valve game).
I think we need to just accept that Valve is just an intermediary making transactional profits - we can hope at least one day they'll licence their IPs to developers but even that is unlikely.
[–] discobiscuit23 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago (edited ago)
Oh man, I still use my Steam Controller a lot, their scheme with "Big Picture/SteamOS" is pretty fantastic, I love the little two touchpads that turn into a keyboard, it's very intuitive. I still use Steam Link hooked up to my TV, and it runs great with ethernet connection. There are some apps and games I prefer to run on the TV.
you can even stream emulators through to your TV, so you can play wiiU games and stuff on your TV with an xbox controller or what have you. I really also enjoy just being able to easily surf my computer or browser from my TV. Steam Link is fantastic.