Quoting: wleoncio

Quoting: Purple Library GuyNo apps for Netflix and similar webby multimedia stuff. That's something well within Valve's power to fix, they should get on it.

I may be the minority here, but that's actually the biggest thing that drove me away from the Xbox 360. I wanted a simple videogame system, not an OS that clumsily tries to do everything my computer already does marvellously.

I concur completely, especially as Valve still hasn't implemented Steam Broadcasting for SteamOS; a feature I deem far more relevant to gaming than Netflix.

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Quoting: ricki42

Quoting: KeyrockAt the very least, they should throw a disclaimer up along the lines of "Not all games pictured are currently native to SteamOS and may require streaming from a Windows PC to play on the NEN Steam Machine".

At 0:38 it says "Not all games illustrated will be available".

Oh my it actually does, I didn't even see it the writing is pretty small.

You and me both. If you missed it, and I missed it, how many others will have missed it as well?

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Quoting: KeyrockAt the very least, they should throw a disclaimer up along the lines of "Not all games pictured are currently native to SteamOS and may require streaming from a Windows PC to play on the NEN Steam Machine".

They did. I finally spotted it after being told about it and watching the video a second time, looking out for said disclaimer. Kind of difficult to glimpse as opposed to a fancy video with large images flying around.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: Pecisk

Quoting: FutureSuture

Quoting: Pecisk

Quoting: FutureSutureWhat's wrong in this image?

Trying to be way too picky?

Don't be ridiculous! People will see this and think the depicted games are on Linux. unless they pay close attention. How many of us can say that the general consumer does that, however?

Nonsense. It is fast frame passing by in an *ad*. Seriously, people, stop being such downers.

It's advertising, companies have been sued and forced to take down adverts over stuff like this. It annoys me personally, and I can imagine plenty of people thinking they will be able to play them. That's the point of an advert: to hook people in.

This is why I noted it in the article.

Precisely. This is being realistic, not just pessimistic.

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Quoting: Pecisk

Quoting: FutureSutureWhat's wrong in this image?

Trying to be way too picky?

Don't be ridiculous! People will see this and think the depicted games are on Linux. unless they pay close attention. How many of us can say that the general consumer does that, however?

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What's wrong in this image?

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This is hilarious. Over a month extra wait for Linux and Mac OS users despite these platforms being a part of the crowdfunding campaign from over 2 years ago, while the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were not even mentioned back then, but are now coming out before the Linux and Mac OS clients. Amazing work, Larian.

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I will buy Divinity: Original Sin at full price once it is finally out for Linux. Late support is far better than no support, and Larian is still giving us Linux users a quality game. I do hope Larian is more prepared with regard to Linux support in the future, however.

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Quoting: miroI still see an issue there - the controllers/batteries can not be charged when a wire is attached.

That is kinda annoying, one would have to have rechargeable ones + a charger. Honestly, I know this from friends who have a XBox and call me for gaming, saying something like hey bro, bring a 12 pack of batteries from the store, we're gonna need them.

This actually means that people are not always having chargers or appropriate batteries, hence battery sales go up, but these little things are really not healthy for our environment. So it is a question of mother nature, our money, ..and last but not least it is unconvincing for gamers to have a battery box instead of just plugging that thing in once a session is finished to recharge overnight.

Seriously, I want it built-in into that controller, don't tell me to buy a charger and 2 times the rechargeables, since one pair of these has to be in the gamepad, the other one in the charger to swap them every now and then. That is BS.

This has been discussed to death on the Steam Controller's forum on Steam. It has been established that rechargeable batteries that you can switch out with ease are a superior solution to a proprietary battery pack built into the controller. I'll link you to the two biggest of these threads so you can see why it most certainly is not bullshit.

It uses batteries?

AA Batteries?

As you can see, some gamers aren't thrilled by the idea of using AA batteries. I, however, am ecstatic that Valve chose to go with the superior choice of allowing gamers to use rechargeable AA batteries as opposed to a proprietary battery pack built into the controller that will someday not be able to hold a charge. rendering the controller a useless brick. Now that's bad for the environment!

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I appreciate that Obsidian brought Pillars of Eternity to Linux. I bought the game twice at full price to show my appreciation. All I can say is that hopefully SteamOS will provide higher Linux sales to appease the folks at Obsidian.

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