Valve Officially Launches TV-Friendly Steam Big Picture Mode 140
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."
Re:What prevented doing this? (Score:5, Informative)
Nothing at all, except now you can do it with a gamepad-friendly interface.
Re:What prevented doing this? (Score:3, Informative)
"If you're a Steam user, you can set up Big Picture by simply by connecting your PC or Mac to your TV via a single HDMI cable."
So what kept you from doing that last month, or last year?
Big Picture didn't exist last year, and last month you could do it but it was still in beta.
Re:About .. eh.... time? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:About .. eh.... time? (Score:2, Informative)
Text entry via game pad sounds hideous
It is.
Co-Signed the XBox and PS3
Valve has a winner (Score:5, Informative)
I've been using this mode in the Linux beta of Steam. It's pretty nice, it's up there with the XBox 360 and PS3 media interfaces.
Re:PC required? (Score:4, Informative)
Beefy PC? There are guides coming out on how to build a $300 DIY Steambox, minus the cost of OS and the cost of an optional XBox 360 controller which you can use on Windows or Linux. It'll be competitive against Microsoft and Sony's next consoles.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/30/3706718/forget-the-ps4-and-the-xbox-720-build-your-own-steambox-on-the-cheap [theverge.com]
Re:About .. eh.... time? (Score:1, Informative)
Are you really a complete moron or do you just play one on the internet? He's describing a text entry method. You know, with characters like A, B, C and so forth.