Valve have today announced a Beta version of the Steam Link app for the Raspberry Pi which could prove to be interesting.
Since Valve are seemingly discontinuing their own Steam Link device, along with creating the new Steam Link applications for mobile devices, one for the Raspberry Pi does make a lot of sense. I imagine quite a number of people already own the device, so being able to stream your favourite Steam games to it is probably quite appealing.
Specifically, the Pi 3 and 3 B+ are supported running Raspbian Stretch (A Debian-based Linux distribution). It can be installed directly from a Valve-provided .deb file and in the comments on the announcement Valve also linked to a Debian source package (after someone said about an arch PKGBUILD).
I imagine the Raspberry Pi folks are pretty happy to see Valve do this too.
See the full info here.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Stupendous Man Dec 3, 2018
Quoting: Stupendous ManDoes that mean the Steam platform has or will be ported to ARM? Would be cool to run it my Linux-running ARM Chromebook!No, it will be pretty useless too since every game would need to then support ARM.
Quoting: liamdaweQuoting: Stupendous ManDoes that mean the Steam platform has or will be ported to ARM? Would be cool to run it my Linux-running ARM Chromebook!No, it will be pretty useless too since every game would need to then support ARM.
Who knows what the future of Steam Play will bring :D
gldnbrwncouches Dec 3, 2018
I was about to look at replacing my RPi as LibreElec boxes, but between this and the progress on Netflix/Prime/etc. playback, It think they got plenty of life left in them (at least until I get a 4k TV)
Quoting: liamdaweQuoting: Stupendous ManDoes that mean the Steam platform has or will be ported to ARM? Would be cool to run it my Linux-running ARM Chromebook!No, it will be pretty useless too since every game would need to then support ARM.
This is why I'm interested in the Smach-Z. I think AMD has the only reasonably viable SoC that can support x86 and decent graphics which are both required for PC gaming.
Quoting: MohandevirAwesome!Retropie and osmc are Raspbian-based, aren't they?
I only hope that the Steam Controller's usb dongles will be compatible... Not a big fan of using the bluetooth alternative...
Do you think we may hope for a futur integration with Kodi (OSMC/LibreELEC) and/or Retropi/Recalbox?
And regarding Kodi integration... you can probably launch the app already from it, but unless valve releases the code, I'd be surprised if someone creates a compatible addon for Kodi that replaces the UI or even has it's own reverse engineered base, but it's not impossible.
I'm currently setting up a retropie instance myself and am not quite sure if the app will replace my steamlink. I want to use my fighting sticks as primary controls and some 8bitdo's for games that need digital input, but it's also kind of tempting...
Last edited by const on 3 December 2018 at 11:51 pm UTC
slaapliedje Dec 4, 2018
Other question... how do I integrate this with Emulation Station!?
I already have a RetroPi set up on a 3 B+ with the roms mounted over sshfs, and it works great with my 8bitdo controller. But if I could ad Steam Streaming to it to work with the UI... though some of the games I would certainly rather play with the Steam Controller.
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