The new Steam store homepage has been launched and it's a massive change. We are also now curators to help you find games to buy.
First of all make sure you join our GamingOnLinux Steam Group. We will recommend games for you to buy that have good Linux support, so be sure to keep an eye on it.
The main aim of the new store-front is to stop Steam being so static, so to be more personal to you it's all based on what your friends recommend, what you have looked at and purchased before, and what groups you follow recommend.
This is far, far better than just seeing a flooded new releases section full of whatever games Steam decides to greenlight or for publishers to mass-push old games onto the store.
A new major feature is the Steam Discovery Queue which is made up of titles recommended for you to browse through, and it works much like how greenlight does. You can skip titles, add to your wishlist, follow a game to see information pop up in your activity feed or mark something as not being interesting for you. I look forward to seeing what it picks up for me after a while.
The search function has also been through a major revamp (finally) with more detailed options to really find what you want and it's actually quite useful now.
The best part about it is the fact that games on your wishlist in the games lists are highlighted, and games you already own are faded out, so it again highlights games you don't already own to help you track down new titles to play.
Games pages also no longer list Windows, Mac & Linux system requirements together. They are now in tabs at the bottom of the games page, and it seems to automatically go to Linux first if you are on Linux and the game supports it. So that's pretty handy, but I doubt many people actually ever look at system requirements unless they are on low powered computers.
What are your thoughts on it? It's very blue, so good job blue is my favourite colour! I am surprised a couple items from your activity page aren't on the home-page to make it easier to follow updates for games and people you are following.
The only problem is that it again hides lesser-known and less popular games, so that gives them even less of a chance. This is what the curators system is there for and makes it quite important.
The only thing that has bothered me is this:
Come on Valve, "PC" is not an operating system. Although trying to fight that argument is pretty much a dead horse now. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
First of all make sure you join our GamingOnLinux Steam Group. We will recommend games for you to buy that have good Linux support, so be sure to keep an eye on it.
The main aim of the new store-front is to stop Steam being so static, so to be more personal to you it's all based on what your friends recommend, what you have looked at and purchased before, and what groups you follow recommend.
This is far, far better than just seeing a flooded new releases section full of whatever games Steam decides to greenlight or for publishers to mass-push old games onto the store.
A new major feature is the Steam Discovery Queue which is made up of titles recommended for you to browse through, and it works much like how greenlight does. You can skip titles, add to your wishlist, follow a game to see information pop up in your activity feed or mark something as not being interesting for you. I look forward to seeing what it picks up for me after a while.
The search function has also been through a major revamp (finally) with more detailed options to really find what you want and it's actually quite useful now.
The best part about it is the fact that games on your wishlist in the games lists are highlighted, and games you already own are faded out, so it again highlights games you don't already own to help you track down new titles to play.
Games pages also no longer list Windows, Mac & Linux system requirements together. They are now in tabs at the bottom of the games page, and it seems to automatically go to Linux first if you are on Linux and the game supports it. So that's pretty handy, but I doubt many people actually ever look at system requirements unless they are on low powered computers.
What are your thoughts on it? It's very blue, so good job blue is my favourite colour! I am surprised a couple items from your activity page aren't on the home-page to make it easier to follow updates for games and people you are following.
The only problem is that it again hides lesser-known and less popular games, so that gives them even less of a chance. This is what the curators system is there for and makes it quite important.
The only thing that has bothered me is this:
Come on Valve, "PC" is not an operating system. Although trying to fight that argument is pretty much a dead horse now. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Holy hell, I just saw that 8CHAN IS A CURATOR!!
For those who don't know, 8chan is where the dregs of 4chan went to when the latter started actually enforcing its rules on doxxing, raids, illegal activity and harrassment/rape threats/death threats following the #gamergate debacle.
Let that sink in for a moment, the people so irredeemable that even 4chan was embarrassed by themare providing product recommendations to Steam.
For those who don't know, 8chan is where the dregs of 4chan went to when the latter started actually enforcing its rules on doxxing, raids, illegal activity and harrassment/rape threats/death threats following the #gamergate debacle.
Let that sink in for a moment, the people so irredeemable that even 4chan was embarrassed by themare providing product recommendations to Steam.
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Kallestofeles Sep 24, 2014
It looks astonishingly good! Finally, an excellent sorting system for Steam... and Linux seems to be a class A passenger. I love it!
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Segata Sanshiro Sep 24, 2014
No one seems to have picked up on the nice little feature where it tells you if it requires 3rd party EULA/DRM on the right of the store page (underneath the little list where it says if it has controller, trading card support, etc.).
That's quite a subtle, but very nice feature. It would make the difference between buying and not buying the game in many case for me. Remember getting FF7 to re-play it through Wine and having to receive a rectal exam from Square Enix just so I could play - if I'd known I would have pirated it (or got the PS1 from the attic) just to spite them.
That's quite a subtle, but very nice feature. It would make the difference between buying and not buying the game in many case for me. Remember getting FF7 to re-play it through Wine and having to receive a rectal exam from Square Enix just so I could play - if I'd known I would have pirated it (or got the PS1 from the attic) just to spite them.
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I just noticed that the "Upcoming" tab on the front page doesn't filter by OS unlike the other tabs. And the full list of upcoming releases doesn't show anything at all for Linux or Mac.
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