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Valve Looks to Steam Power Your TV

[Feb 28, 2011, 1:52 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Valve announces their plans for this week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, CA, indicating they have ambitions for their Steam content delivery service to make its mark in the coveted living room space. They reveal an upcoming "big picture" mode, "which will offer controller support and navigation designed for television interaction," saying this: "will enable gamers to enjoy Steam and their library of Steam games on more screens throughout the house." Details will be revealed to attendees at the GDC, and in the meantime, here's what Valve marketing VP Doug Lombardi says about this: "With big picture mode, gaming opportunities for Steam partners and customers become possible via PCs and Macs on any TV or computer display in the house."

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Re: Valve Looks to Steam Power Your TV

Feb 28, 2011, 19:48

raVen

Pankin wrote on Feb 28, 2011, 15:53: Today, id is owned by Zenimax and Valve is totally calling their own shots and innovating and diversifying like a motherfucker. I just think that's funny. iD has also diversified, just not in the games market: Armadillo Aerospace Also I saw this new title on Steam today: B.U.T.T.O.N. (Brutally Unfair Tactics Totally OK Now) I seriously think there is something to the small console that streams from your pc to your tv. I guess it could just be a better UI for an HTPC + controllers too.

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Comment [quote="raVen"Feb 28, 2011, 19:48][quote="Pankin"Feb 28, 2011, 15:53]Today, id is owned by Zenimax and Valve is totally calling their own shots and innovating and diversifying like a motherfucker. I just think that's funny.[/quote] iD has also diversified, just not in the games market: [url=http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home]Armadillo Aerospace[/url] Also I saw this new title on Steam today: [url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/92400/]B.U.T.T.O.N. (Brutally Unfair Tactics Totally OK Now)[/url] I seriously think there is something to the small console that streams from your pc to your tv. I guess it could just be a better UI for an HTPC + controllers too. [/quote]

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