Post by Eorl @ 10:55am 12/04/14 | 18 Comments
Revealed late last year alongside their SteamOS and Steam Machines platform, Valve has been going through a number of prototype stages with their haptic trackpad-featured controller. Originally showcased with a touchpad front in-between the trackpads, Valve has since refreshed the design to remove the touchpad and feature two four-button diamonds.
According to PC Gamer, the source also stated that the completion of Valve's Steam Controllers "was the final piece that would precede the availability of most Steam Machines, which indicates that Steam Machines will also begin to release at the end of the year." It is unclear whether this will include all of the Steam Machines debuted at the beginning of this year during the Steam Dev Days from manufacturers like Gigabyte or Alienware, however the source also added that we can expect "about 500" playable games to be available on the OS by the end of this year.
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Posted 05:05pm 12/4/14
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Posted 08:37pm 12/4/14
I sure as hell hope this means devs ditch direct x and move on to something that's actually good.
Posted 10:16pm 12/4/14
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Posted 10:10am 13/4/14
^ This. All of this.
I haven't played with Linux in a while, but last I did (just as 2.6 kernel was getting mainstream) it was a real s*** to install videocard drivers. IIRC: You had to get a kernel off nvidia and incorporate it into your os install. S*** was cray, hopefully it's not as bad as that anymore.
Posted 10:46am 13/4/14
seriously?
do you ever seriously see that happening?
Posted 10:51am 13/4/14
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Posted 12:21pm 13/4/14
um, they didn't. they only removed the touch screen.
last edited by ravn0s at 12:21:27 13/Apr/14
Posted 12:31pm 13/4/14
Posted 07:23pm 13/4/14
explaining things to Whoop is the same to me as explaining Intel vs AMD to Spook back in the naughties.
Give the lad 10 years... he'll either give up or get hired to write in his spare time.
He may just surprise us all and make his own way
Posted 03:41pm 14/4/14
SteamOS is a Debian based distribution that is designed to be used in the living room as it's primary purpose.
It probably is not suitable as a desktop replacement, for that you're better off going with a Debian based distribution such as Ubuntu or Linux Mint for the best game compatibility.
I found the Ubuntu 13.10 interface a bit uncomfortable to navigate around, so I installed the Cinnamon desktop instead.
You mostly get all the benefits of Ubuntu and it's Ubuntu Software Center, while having an interface somewhat similar to Windows 7. I still primarily use Windows 7, but I'm looking to make the switch soon. The biggest thing holding me back is some windows programs I regularly use are not available on linux and I'm not comfortable using the alternatives.
trog
From what I've seen and heard, it looks like it could be nice for FPS games, but for RTS & MOBA games such as Starcraft 2 or Dota 2, the elite end of the spectrum will likely always be with a keyboard and mouse. It's always nice to have options though.
With the changes to the steam controller, I'm hoping they introduce something similar to the circboard typing. Once you get used to typing like that I think it could be really intuitive - or we'll go back to having chat full of SMS talk.
Posted 03:46pm 14/4/14
big picture already has that
Posted 06:38pm 14/4/14