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Valve Officially Launches TV-Friendly Steam Big Picture Mode
An anonymous reader writes "Valve on Monday announced the public release of Big Picture, Steam's new mode that lets gamers access their games on a TV, in over 20 languages. Big Picture lets you use a traditional gamepad (as well as a keyboard and mouse) to access the complete Steam store and Steam Community from the comfort of the couch in your living room."
Did someone ask the internet for corrections? Here I am!
I read about it on the steam website. On the output side it has a "web browser for TVs" which is hardly a new idea and they never work. Just pump Chrome over that baby and it'll be fine.
The big deal on the steam website itself seems to be the input side... using a gamepad instead of a mouse and keyboard. Text entry via game pad sounds hideous.
Sincerely, "The Internet"
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
...it's up there with the XBox 360...
It's jam-packed full of advertising, leaving 1/10th of the screen for actual content?
Maybe you should try updating your hardware to match the requirements of the software. Oh wait, you cant.
Heaven forbid a company designing a UI that you might find useful, or, SHOCK HORROR, make your life easier. I mean, who wants things to be easier? In fact, Valve should force TV users to load all games via an 8pt comic sans font console that has pink writing on a white background, & ensure that the only input device allowed is a hacked Wii-mote.
The amount of bullshit wank you faux-geeks go on with is ridiculous. Any positive change to a device/piece of software & it's all "I could do that x years ago by gluing a piece of string to a tin can".
It's jam-packed full of advertising, leaving 1/10th of the screen for actual content?
I opened up Steam and got that before I even hit the big picture button!
If I have been able to see further than others, it is because I bought a pair of binoculars.