Are More AAA Games Waiting For Steam Machines?

Valve like's ignoring security feature's on Linux first SElinux now this how soon before Hackers take Aim at SteamOS SteamOS may end up being insecure Like Windows....
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/558751364755076566/#c558752449797254245

You are aware that the SteamOS is BETA software and Valve must first advance the Graphical optimization?
You are also aware that the Debian, all technical safety matters brings?
You are also aware, that's not two quietly required SElinux and there is also a substitute for it?

Correct me if Im wrong but the fixed the SELinux problemnot long ago.

Valve like's ignoring security feature's on Linux first SElinux now this how soon before Hackers take Aim at SteamOS SteamOS may end up being insecure Like Windows....
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/558751364755076566/#c558752449797254245

You are aware that the SteamOS is BETA software and Valve must first advance the Graphical optimization?
You are also aware that the Debian, all technical safety matters brings?
You are also aware, that's not two quietly required SElinux and there is also a substitute for it?

Correct me if Im wrong but the fixed the SELinux problemnot long ago.

Yep - https://github.com/ValveSoftware/portal2/issues/50#issuecomment-36927497. This was closed out about a month ago.

@OZSeaford Witcher2 was lately pulled off steam for linux again - no linux support and no content download anymore.

Since when is M&B AAA?

Have they even speculated on porting it?

First off, sorry about that, M&B is NOT an AAA game, I just got carried away...that game is so epic that I oftne think of it as an AAA title. M&B 2 isn't even being considered for Linux so I think it is quite fair to say that it will never grace our platform...

@OZSeaford Witcher2 was lately pulled off steam for linux again - no linux support and no content download anymore.

Oh no! Still, let's not dismiss the idea completely, they may have needed to replace the image? I don't really know how it works...


Finally, to the person who was wondering what makes an AAA title, I would say that Skyrim and (Frontiers illustrate the different approaches brilliantly. Skyrim is a massive enterprise, that had the backing of a small army of developers and artists. The result is a game with polish (A few laughs from the assembly as a few bugs come to mind), with good voice acting, a good graphics engine, unique art assets and a powerful narrative. Frontiers on the other hand is the work of 2 individuals, featuring a large open world, which has been procedurally generated, art assets that have been bought from a store, no voice acting, no . The man hours put into the game are probably only a fraction of what has gone into Skyrim.
you would say, then why bother to play Frontiers? Why not stick to Skyrim. In my view, Skyrim is great...yet there is something missing. It all feels really rehearsed, there is a feeling of deja vu, if you have played the other Elder Scrolls Games. Frontiers on the other hand, really tries to be different, and that is why I will probably enjoy playing it. AAA studios don't like to bring out games that are slightly out of the norm, as the ROI is not assured. COD12 will be released, but like the recent iPhones and Galaxies, they will only be iterations of previous games. Indie games fill that niche area of experimental games. The danger of course is that Indies sometimes get carried away by their ambitions, and the games lose focus. I still marvel at the mad ideas that have been floated around and have actually been put into a game.
Here is a good development blog from an indie perspective that I recommend you follow: Clockwork Empire

Edit - wow, it really reads like the ramblings of an old drunkard, but I swear I have not had a drop of alcohol. I am just really tired after a long dauy at work. Time for me to play I guess.

@OZSeaford that can have various reasons, and is no indication that it won't come at all and they only dabbled in it doing a test for cross platform Witcher3, but a good sign that it's not close. Could have been a mistake by them, could be that they just pulled it back for the SteamBox release, could be that they found fundamental problems which need fixing first and require a new image (which is very unlikely, since that would require that new model exports would be necessary, which is very unlikely considering their models work on OpenGL). We never shall forget that those kind of publishers can put that things online themselves.

 

We do not have anything else to put our trust into. So if Valve fails our dreams fails with it :)

It's the truth.

We do not have anything else to put our trust into. So if Valve fails our dreams fails with it :)

It's the truth.

Well, most PC games are now played via 2 platforms, which also double up as digital shops:Steam or Desura. Windows Games Live is dead (Yeah!), GameSpy will be D.E.A.D by the end of May, and EA Origin store is a bit of a joke. Some may say that to succeed you need to be on Steam. Some isolated cases like Mojang actually go against this juncture, but as I said games like Minecraft are the exceptions which prove the rule, as we say in France.

That leaves digital outlets such as Amazon, GOG, the Humble Store, GreenMan Games, Slitherine and a plethora of other smaller outlets.

So I guess yes, if Steam fails to get SteamOS off the ground, we are pretty screwed in the hope of getting mainstream gaming, but we will still get indies so all is not lost.

@OZSeaford we still get some pretty nice kickstarters with AAA quality though ...

I hope that Steam dream will carry on too, but even if it fails then we will still have the indie game scene to cater for our gaming needs.

In the meantime:

AAA games that we are expecting for a steamOS release:

<li>Two Worlds Two
Tropico 5</li>

AAA games also likely to come out at that time:

<li>Witcher 2
Total War Rome 2
Xcom EU
CS GO
Project Cars</li>

AAA Games we'd like to hope will be there:

<li>Civ 5
Elderscrolls! (Personal wish)
Mount and Blade</li>

I hope that Steam dream will carry on too, but even if it fails then we will still have the indie game scene to cater for our gaming needs.

In the meantime:

AAA games that we are expecting for a steamOS release:

<li>Two Worlds Two
Tropico 5</li>

AAA games also likely to come out at that time:

<li>Witcher 2
Total War Rome 2
Xcom EU
CS GO
Project Cars</li>

AAA Games we'd like to hope will be there:

<li>Civ 5
Elderscrolls! (Personal wish)
Mount and Blade</li>

I'd HOPE that more than just Witcher 2 shows up- I'd expect Witcher/Witcher2/Witcher3 in this case.

Some of the others would be nice.

These are on SteamOS now.
Metro Last Light,
Metro 2003.

Confirmed Linux support:
Cryengine 4.
Unreal Engine 4.1.
Starship Citizen.

I know this is not a game, but AMD Mantle will also be opensource and get support on Linux, which theoretically could enable Battlefield 4 to run on Linux. And Thief, runs Mantle. And when Mantle gets Linux support, I hope developers that makes new Mantle supported games will support Linux too.

So I see a bright Linux gaming future.

Steam machines will succeed for the sole reason that they are linux and wide open. You know day one someone will integrate xbmc into it, hell you can run xbmc and steam in big picture mode right now which is basically the exact same thing.