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Steam Big Picture Mode Launches

[Dec 03, 2012, 9:08 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Steam News Announces the new Big Picture mode is now available, permitting easier access to Steam games on televisions. They kick this off with a celebration sale where you can "save big on Steam's controller-friendliest games." Here's word:

Access to the complete Steam store is included, as is the Steam Community. Big Picture is available worldwide in over twenty languages, including German, French, Russian, Korean, and Portuguese.

Gamers’ existing games are all available in Big Picture. In addition to having the complete library of Steam games, each user's cloud files, Steam Workshop content, account information and preferences will be accessible automatically in the new mode.

Steam gamers may easily experience Big Picture on their televisions by connecting their PC or Mac, typically with a single HDMI cable. Big Picture also includes a new web browser designed for televisions and game controllers. It is accessible from anywhere within the Big Picture UI, and even while playing Steam games on a TV. It supports Big Picture's new method of typing with a gamepad, which is useful for entering URLs, filling out forms, chatting, and other functions.

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Re: Steam Big Picture Mode Launches

Dec 4, 2012, 02:16

netnerd85

Sepharo wrote on Dec 3, 2012, 22:26: Kitkoan wrote on Dec 3, 2012, 22:06: necrosis wrote on Dec 3, 2012, 22:01: Here is the problem with this. There are no settings in games for 'gamepad only' players as far as I know. So anyone using a controller is going to be at a serious disadvantage in MP games. If I remember, most FPS MP games tend to give controller players a basic autoaim to help against mouse/keyboard players. There's 1... Maybe 2 of those games. There should be ZERO. I love my 360 controller, for hack and slash games and some others that are poor console ports (looking at you Dark Souls). FPS? get a mouse! EOS. May I suggest a logitech mx 518.

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Comment [quote="netnerd85"Dec 4, 2012, 02:16][quote="Sepharo"Dec 3, 2012, 22:26][quote="Kitkoan"Dec 3, 2012, 22:06][quote="necrosis"Dec 3, 2012, 22:01]Here is the problem with this. There are no settings in games for 'gamepad only' players as far as I know. So anyone using a controller is going to be at a serious disadvantage in MP games. [/quote] If I remember, most FPS MP games tend to give controller players a basic autoaim to help against mouse/keyboard players. [/quote] There's 1... Maybe 2 of those games. [/quote] There should be ZERO. I love my 360 controller, for hack and slash games and some others that are poor console ports (looking at you Dark Souls). FPS? get a mouse! EOS. May I suggest a logitech mx 518. [/quote]

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