Steam coming to TVs

STEAM IS GOING TO BECOME THE NEXT BIG CLOUD GAMING PLATFORM EVER!! ALL GAMES ON STEAM STREAMED TO UR TV AND PC!! END OF THE ROAD SONY, MICROSOFT, NINTENDO, AND ONLIVE!!!!

Steam should Buy Onlive xD

Maybe Steam OnLive style?

Steam is already on my big screen, and has been ever since full HD tv's were introduced.

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will i be able to play hl2 and my counterstike games on my ps3 now??

Steam is my BFF.

I am personally hooked up on Steam right now. This might get interesting...

I have a feeling steam will become a nice cloud gaming platform. MS, Sony & Nintendo should be very scared.

cool, need some apps for samsung tv's to play steam game son them ;) :)

and if you think that all PC games dont support controllers, look up Xpadder software.

x-2tha-z - all PC games DO have controller support...add to this that mice and keyboard are manual inputs just like controllers....the whole PC vs console thing is dumb as hell, consoles are computers, and PC will eventually be able to emulate whatever console there will be in the future. PC wins

Whatever comes, we should stick to this fact: Valve doesn't deliver half-baked solutions! I emailed Gabe Newell about movie distribution through STEAM 5 years ago... Let's hope it happens on Steam Big Picture. :D

Windows Media Center is to Windows Media Player what Steam Big Picture Mode is to Steam.

Which, they all should be any way. Welcome, this is where we keep the good games. --->

Thus continues Valve's mission to convert console gamers into PC gamers.

What is this I don't even... "...become possible via PCs and Macs on any TV or computer display in the house." If your TV is connected to your PC, what's stopping from gaming on it? You don't really need any "big picture" mode or anything, since every full screen application I've tried supports most resolutions (with the exception of really old games).

Hmmm merger with Xbox? Please... Then I would only need to buy my games for one platform and play them seamlessly on both my pc and xbox. That would be a dream come true. Throw in a playstation and steam will effectively become the most powerful gaming platform on earth... very interesting.

interesting

Awesome news. I think all PC games should have controller support where possible (obviously not RTS games). I hate gaming with the KB&M.

@torbonator I think we will just have to wait and see how it works and have details on the requirements for the TV and for the computer.

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I think Valve is going to try to compete with OnLive with a similar service... This could mean any Steam game you own, on a tv. The possibilities are very exciting

Sounds like a good idea, will be interesting to see how they pull this off though

Via PCs? I can do that already! I just use that cable that links my PC up to the TV.

Sounds like there going for something like Onlive maybe

I don't have an internet TV... hmm... This could be awkward at the moment.

This is great news, I would be interested to see how Valve bring steam to the t.v.

Sounds ok, but where is the hard drive gonna be?

@EE2lemmonhead Fair enough, but then it will take a lead to connect a PC to a T.V. most new PC's have HDMI output and some TV's have PC input..... I just can't see this as a needed venture when they could look into other things

@Ladiesman17 Well yeah of course you can hook up your PC to an HDTV already. What they mean is that they are building an interface that will still run on a computer, but will be much easier to navigate from a distance (IE, an HDTV from a couch or something). Bigger icons and stuff I assume, and I guess controller support too (Most likely things like 360 controllers).

I LOVE YOU STEAM :D

@-TheWormsMan- Don't you mean wink wink, nudge nudge?

Really think steam should just buy On Live at this point

That a be nice

I already use Huge HDTV for my PC, what is that mean "Steam" coming to TVs??? :roll:

Ohh yes PS3 :D best system right after Pc

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tv support? .... but i already play on my tv i just hook the laptop up via an HDMI ... soooo a?

"Is Steam on Nintendo Wii a possibility? *Hint, hint, nudge, nudge*" Doubtful. The Wii is gamecube hardware in a different shell. The Source engine was designed for the 2004-2006 hardware era so it's comfortable to run it on most PCs and consoles sold today. The exception, is the Wii. Sorry, but what's the point of bringing Steam to a platform that can barely run industry-standard games from 2003?

Is Steam on Nintendo Wii a possibility? ;) *Hint, hint, nudge, nudge*

This just sounds like they're adding support for controllers.

Sounds pretty neat

Cool. I love steam, so handy to have. Can be cheap as chips alot of the time as well :)

I'm sure they'll come up with a reasonable system.

@benboz "would be awesome"? You can already do it all you need is a cable

What I wanna know is this, will they only allow SOME games to have TV support? Because if they give them ALL TV support then there's TONS AND TONS of games on there that will require updates to allow it (Oblivion for one as the PC version is VERY controller unfriendly). Just an example though. TV support for all or only some Steam games, I don't care. I just like all the games I have through them. :)

Sweetness. Steam isn't going to go away I don't think! :P They have so many awesome games and there's ALWAYS incredible deals to be had too. I give Steam a thumbs up. *Advertisement paid for by Jedilink and approved by Steam*

Steam on your T.V. sounds very cool to me! I am also looking forward to Portal 2!!! :)

This is pretty cool. I bet you'll need to buy a special TV though. And the controller support I could sure do without, zero use for that - aside from beat-em-ups and racers.