https://twitter.com/jilitzky/status/423521446464208897
I think they should have set some standards at least
Hm.. A few of their earlier statements eg regarding disallowing DVD drives suggested otherwise.
We've heard lots of rumors about the Steam Box, including that Valve's own hardware would be "tightly controlled." Can you tell us more about Valve's own hardware effort?
The way we sort of think of it is sort of "Good, Better," or "Best." So, Good are like these very low-cost streaming solutions that youre going to see that are using Miracast or Grid. I think were talking about in-home solutions where youve got low latency. "Better" is to have a dedicated CPU and GPU and thats the one thats going to be controlled. Not because our goal is to control it; its been surprisingly difficult when we say to people "dont put an optical media drive in there" and they put an optical media drive in there and youre like "that makes it hotter, that makes it more expensive, and it makes the box bigger." Go ahead. You can always sell the Best box, and those are just whatever those guys want to manufacture. [Valve's position is]: let's build a thing thats quiet and focuses on high performance and appropriate form factors.
Steam active users hit 75M.
I know someone from MS is there, not sure about the others. I think SNK and Calpe Fulgur are there, they're tied to Japan, right?
something's still left! https://twitter.com/DaveOshry/status/423512797700292608
Awesome still want to know what an active user is?Steam active users hit 75M.
Awesome still want to know what an active user is?
Like use the service once a month?
Awesome still want to know what an active user is?
Like use the service once a month?
Logged in at least once in the last 30 days; has at least one game purchase.
I doubt it since even L4D2 as the Christmas freebie didn't register my GFs account as a normal game owner level account.Do F2p counts?
is twitter down or something?
Do F2p counts?
Don't think so. Also not sure if the purchase has to be made inside the Steam store or if activating keys bought elsewhere count.
I doubt it since even L4D2 as the Christmas freebie didn't register my GFs account as a normal game owner level account.
is twitter down or something?
Every #SteamDevDays attendee gets a free Gigabyte Steam Machine. Every. Single. One.
Steam controllers will be sold though steam and retail. #steamdevdays
Valve needs more hardware people. They are hiring! Engineers! #SteamDevDays
Was the Gigabyte Steam Machine that ludicrously tiny one? With Valve also stating their streaming beta, getting these out to hundreds of devs is probably a great move.
Gigabyte Brix Pro
The Brix Pro will have Intel Core i7-4770R, an Intel Pro 5200 Iris graphics card, 8 GB of RAM (2 banks of 4 GB) and 1TB HDD.
Is there a list I can check with all the developers/studios present on Steam Dev Days?
Every #SteamDevDays attendee gets a free Gigabyte Steam Machine. Every. Single. One.
I don't think the growth was actually that fast.Steam hit 65m active accounts on October 31st, so a rise to 75m represents a ~15% increase in two-and-a-half months.
Meh, my bf is attending dev days. I hope he takes that silly thing to work, since if I see it at home I'm throwing it out the window.
I don't think so. This would be your best bet probably, but who can keep track of it and identify the devs?
Meh, my bf is attending dev days. I hope he takes that silly thing to work, since if I see it at home I'm throwing it out the window.
I've never heard anyone go this in-depth into game controller design before. Pretty cool. #SteamDevDays
Oh well, I'll try to find the devs that are there later when I'm at my computer.
I know right, cant even upgrade the GPU.
Controllers have "real time firmware" so you can re program controllers on the fly. #SteamDevDays
Steam Controller can be reprogrammed on the fly so context changes use in game. #SteamDevDays
I don't think the growth was actually that fast.
It's more likely that they kept using the old number for a while until the new goal was reached,
No games use all the keys of the keyboard at any one time, so that means they can be condensed... #SteamDevDays
Ghosting the keys/controls mapped to the controller buttons helped keep the focus on the game. #SteamDevDays
Touchscreen was removed as ghost mode made it redundant
I know right, cant even upgrade the GPU.
They will be bringing button diamonds for backwards compatibility with other controllers. No mid touch screen. #SteamDevDays
*Edit* Also, that same person tweeted that the controller will be AA battery based (they said users can swap out the batteries for rechargeable AA's which is sort of a no brainer).
Steam controller API also supports mixing legacy and native support modes. #SteamDevDays