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Valve is set to Launch Set of "Software" Titles Coming Sept 5. Many of the launch titles will take advantage of popular Steamworks features, such as easy installation, automatic updating, and the ability to save your work to your personal Steam Cloud space so your files may travel with you. More Software titles will be added in an ongoing fashion following the September 5th launch, and developers will be welcome to submit Software titles via Steam Greenlight.
"The 40 million gamers frequenting Steam are interested in more than playing games," said Mark Richardson at Valve. "They have told us they would like to have more of their software on Steam, so this expansion is in response to those customer requests." No words yet on what programs will be added to Steam but stay tuned in September when the first set of programs will be released.
Steam expands beyond games
#1 Posted 08 August 2012 - 05:32 PM
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#2 Posted 08 August 2012 - 05:41 PM
I know it's probably an irrational fear but I don't want Steam becoming too diversified, would like it to stay part of the PC gaming subculture, and I hope Valve can always be first and foremost a game developer at their core...
#3 Posted 08 August 2012 - 05:57 PM
They are going to need to redesign Steam pretty soon if this is going to be a big thing for them, especially the steam library because its too focused on games at the moment and just in general steam has kind of a crappy interface.
#5 Posted 08 August 2012 - 06:08 PM
Yes...yes...Mwahahahaa...All is according to plan.
First control their hearts with videogames,
then their wallets with sales,
then their minds with software,
then a proprietary OS,
then the WORLD!.
First control their hearts with videogames,
then their wallets with sales,
then their minds with software,
then a proprietary OS,
then the WORLD!.
A Vvaardenfell sunset
#6 Posted 08 August 2012 - 06:37 PM
These are the categories that will be added:
#8 Posted 08 August 2012 - 07:22 PM
Hmmm i just realized that with this valve may want to do on Linux what Microsoft is doing with the windows store in windows 8.
For those of you who don't know
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Store
Down the line who knows they may even create their own Linux build with steam tightly integrated.
For those of you who don't know
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Store
Down the line who knows they may even create their own Linux build with steam tightly integrated.
#9 Posted 08 August 2012 - 08:36 PM
Humbug, on 08 August 2012 - 03:22 PM, said:
Hmmm i just realized that with this valve may want to do on Linux what Microsoft is doing with the windows store in windows 8.
For those of you who don't know
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Store
Down the line who knows they may even create their own Linux build with steam tightly integrated.
For those of you who don't know
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Store
Down the line who knows they may even create their own Linux build with steam tightly integrated.
i doubt it, that would receive too much backlash from the linux community unless valve opened their drm or steam source code.
#10 Posted 08 August 2012 - 09:12 PM
Hopefully most of the software is gaming-related (FRAPS, etc).
Anything else would just be kinda weird.
Anything else would just be kinda weird.
#11 Posted 08 August 2012 - 09:20 PM
neil95, on 08 August 2012 - 10:12 PM, said:
Hopefully most of the software is gaming-related (FRAPS, etc).
Anything else would just be kinda weird.
Anything else would just be kinda weird.
Pretty sure it's going to be more general apps rather than game focused ones, other than fraps and stuff what other gaming stuff would there be?
#12 Posted 08 August 2012 - 10:13 PM
suicide_mission, on 08 August 2012 - 04:06 PM, said:
photoshop & sony vegas 75% off summer sale????
I love it
I love it
#13 Posted 09 August 2012 - 04:00 AM
City 17, on 08 August 2012 - 04:20 PM, said:
Pretty sure it's going to be more general apps rather than game focused ones, other than fraps and stuff what other gaming stuff would there be?
I just don't want Steam flooded with crapware. What if Steam starts recommending programs based on your games?
"Enjoy playing Team Fortress 2? Get McAfee Total Protection now to prevent hackers getting you VAC-banned. 10% off this month. "
However, if Valve executes this properly, I guess it could be pretty awesome. While there's a Mac App Store and Windows Marketplace or whatever in Win8, Steam would be the only cross-platform software store.
#14 Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:07 AM
Humbug, on 08 August 2012 - 09:22 PM, said:
Hmmm i just realized that with this valve may want to do on Linux what Microsoft is doing with the windows store in windows 8.
For those of you who don't know
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Store
Down the line who knows they may even create their own Linux build with steam tightly integrated.
For those of you who don't know
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Store
Down the line who knows they may even create their own Linux build with steam tightly integrated.
That would be highly hypocritical, considering their previous stance on open platforms and their current view of how Windows 8 is a step in the wrong direction.
#15 Posted 09 August 2012 - 02:22 PM
Also, will we start seeing pop ups like
[a friend] is now playing PowerPoint?
That could get pretty annoying XD
[a friend] is now playing PowerPoint?
That could get pretty annoying XD