It was XInput only. Logitech and other companies made Xinput controllers that didn't work on Xbox but worked on PC. This is still the case, in fact, as most "PC" controllers are XInput but don't work on Xboxes. Many 3rd party Switch controllers have an XInput mode, usually activated by holding down Home or Sync and the X button on the controller.
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Yeah. In that GDC talk they're using 512kbit as the baseline for "broadband". Their sales pitch for Steam was the promise of it being cheaper, faster, and simpler than physical media. The only way a digital download over a 512k connection was going to be anywhere close to a CD installation is with some kind of smart delivery system. And it would have been a natural fit for games of that era like Quake/HL/Source where you had sequential levels broken up into discrete .bsp map files.
Once Steam moved to being the all-encompassing third-party game store that didn't make a lot of sense. There's a huge value to UI/UX consistency when you're in the content delivery business. Having a game able to launch before it's fully downloaded is a cool party trick, but not if it impacts performance of the game while you're playing it, or limits you to a subset of the features on a game-by-game basis, or introduces expectations with the user that every game they buy will work that way. It's more desirable to have a uniform process across all content (purchase -> download -> wait -> play).
The only case where I'd maybe see it being worth it would be for console launches where you're really trying to execute on that first impression of unbox -> plug-in -> play. I'm sure product designers cringe at the mental image of a Christmas present opening being followed by 4+ hours of the family watching a download progress bar.
In our all streaming future you can spend those hours waiting in a queue waiting for your turn to play.
Banks in Japan block purchases of adult games on Steam, leaving developers without income.
www.gamesradar.com
Adult game devs in Japan can't receive revenue from Steam as Japanese banks reportedly make the "comprehensive decision" to block transfers
Politicians say Japanese banks are "censoring free speech"
Gabe, a saviour. Steam doesn't want to be like Google and Apple stores, and announces the expulsion of all games that include "forced advertising"
www.pcgamer.com
Steam makes its ban on games that rely on in-game ads even more explicit, so no 'watch this to continue playing' stuff will be making its way to our PCs
New page, old policy.
Yes Steam works well and is the incumbent but that’s only half the battle. Before trying to convert people away from Steam you actually need to have a better product and Amazon came nowhere close to that. Not even in the same galaxy. These guys are delusional.
Also, nobody knows that Amazon has a digital PC storefront.
Steam Breaks 40 Million Online Users Milestone
Steam has broken the impressive milestone of 40 million online users. Just over a year ago, the record was at 33.6 million online users.
wccftech.com
Huge numbers for PC gaming, I started the family on pc gaming as their first gaming experience. It also makes them more adept at keyboard usage, looking up information and navigating around the pc os. All skills they will need in life anyway,
We do have a switch for family gameplay as well. Mario games, monopoly etc.
love this news. I gotta admit I am one of those 40 million users.Steam Breaks 40 Million Online Users Milestone
Steam has broken the impressive milestone of 40 million online users. Just over a year ago, the record was at 33.6 million online users.
Huge numbers for PC gaming, I started the family on pc gaming as their first gaming experience. It also makes them more adept at keyboard usage, looking up information and navigating around the pc os. All skills they will need in life anyway,
We do have a switch for family gameplay as well. Mario games, monopoly etc.
On a different note, a gamer discovers his 84-year-old aunt has 3 games on STEAM and has spent 1,400 hours on one of them. I've never heard of Chuzzle Deluxe.
The gaming community in shock upon discovering who the most hardcore player is: an 84-year-old woman - Softonic
An 84-year-old woman has surprised the gaming community by dedicating over 1,400 hours to Chuzzle Deluxe, a classic video game that was released on Au
en.softonic.com
the God tier games on Steam -those with Overwhelmingly Positive reviews, there are a few more, iirc, like Divinity Original Sin 2-. (bolded the ones I have)
1. Portal 2
2. People Playground
3. Stardew Valley
4. Vampire survivors
5. Hades
6. Portal
7. Terraria
8. RimWorld
9. Left 4 Dead 2
10. Euro Truck Simulator 2
11. Slay the Spire
12. Slime Rancher
13. Lethal Company
14. UltraKill
15. Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
16. The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth
17. Mount & Blade: Warband
18. HellTaker
19. Half-Life 2
20. Counter-Strike
21. Bloons TD 6
22. Resident Evil 4
23. BeamNG.drive
24. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
25. Hollow Knight
26. Deep Rock Galactic
27. Garry’s Mod
28. Stray
29. Baldur’s Gate 3
30. Dead Cells
31. Dave The Diver
32. Subnautica
33. Satisfactory
34. Resident Evil 2
35. Inscryption
36. American Truck Simulator
37. Undertale
38. Factorio
39. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
40. Oxygen Not Included
41. Don’t Starve
42. Ori and the Will of the Wisps
43. Risk of Rain 2
44. Half-Life
45. Postal 2
46. Phasmophobia
47. God of War
48. Cuphead
49. Counter-Strike: Source
50. Outlast
51. Tomb Raider
52. Fallout: New Vegas
1. Portal 2
2. People Playground
3. Stardew Valley
4. Vampire survivors
5. Hades
6. Portal
7. Terraria
8. RimWorld
9. Left 4 Dead 2
10. Euro Truck Simulator 2
11. Slay the Spire
12. Slime Rancher
13. Lethal Company
14. UltraKill
15. Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
16. The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth
17. Mount & Blade: Warband
18. HellTaker
19. Half-Life 2
20. Counter-Strike
21. Bloons TD 6
22. Resident Evil 4
23. BeamNG.drive
24. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
25. Hollow Knight
26. Deep Rock Galactic
27. Garry’s Mod
28. Stray
29. Baldur’s Gate 3
30. Dead Cells
31. Dave The Diver
32. Subnautica
33. Satisfactory
34. Resident Evil 2
35. Inscryption
36. American Truck Simulator
37. Undertale
38. Factorio
39. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
40. Oxygen Not Included
41. Don’t Starve
42. Ori and the Will of the Wisps
43. Risk of Rain 2
44. Half-Life
45. Postal 2
46. Phasmophobia
47. God of War
48. Cuphead
49. Counter-Strike: Source
50. Outlast
51. Tomb Raider
52. Fallout: New Vegas
Monster Hunter Wilds dominated Steam so hard this weekend that a new game from a Nintendo legend attracted a mere 5 reviews, and another dev tweeted they hadn't sold 'a single game' since Wilds released
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Monster Hunter Wilds dominated Steam so hard this weekend that a new game from a Nintendo legend attracted a mere 5 reviews, and another dev tweeted they hadn't sold 'a single game' since Wilds released
Monster Hunter's record-setting 1.3 million weekend players made it a bad weekend for indies to launch on Steam.
how many games does Steam have in total? Because if 19000 games were published last year, I guess there have to be more than 100000 games.
Tbh I wanted to hate Steam for years, deep down I want to prefer GoG, pc gamepass..., but I gotta admit that there's nothing like Steam for me. The interface is unmatched, the functionalities, everything..., I don't see any other game store getting even close to it.
Tbh I wanted to hate Steam for years, deep down I want to prefer GoG, pc gamepass..., but I gotta admit that there's nothing like Steam for me. The interface is unmatched, the functionalities, everything..., I don't see any other game store getting even close to it.
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