Steam Streaming = Death of the console?

http://time.com/107836/steam-in-home-streaming-now-available-lets-you-play-pc-games-on-virtually-any-computer/

Steam allows you to stream PC games over your home network, trumping Nvidia's Shield offering by not limiting it to Nvidia 600 series. Will this be another pipe dream for Valve or will this toll the bell on the home console?

No.

No, there will always be fanboys too proud to leave their system behind no matter how superior the experience is on PC.

It´s already adopted. It´s just a software.

So you can stream indies? Uh..yay.

Console exclusives = consoles live on with pc in its shadow.

God, pc gaming is such shit filth.

What an intelligent response.

Do you even know Steam homestreaming works ?

Why would this kill consoles? It's like Steamboxes killing the. Maybe one day, but teh Xbox and PS are stablished consoles at this point. It will take a long time before most start moving away.

Why do people keep trying to make things seem bigger than they actually are ?

Let me see...

1. You have 2 up-to-date Steam clients running on 2 PCs connected to the same Wi-fi network.

2. So after you start a game on one PC, when you click to install the same game on the other PC, the install option is replaced with stream. And it works on Windows, Mac and Linux.

And it doesn´t require the installation of any addition software. It´s already incorporated into your steam with the latest update. It´s just there to take if you want. The option that will keep existing if you don´t even want it.

It basically turn your not gaming laptops, MacBooks, netbooks, etc, into gaming hd laptops/consoles.

I just don´t see how this wouldn´t work.

It´s definitely a better option than Vita or WiiU streaming.

It won´t kill consoles for one reason. Steam Homestreaming requires to have one good gaming PC, and the problem with consolites is that they refuse to buy a gaming PC opting for crap such as PC4 and X1, therefore they are not able to stream from their ancient Windows XP PCs.

It is not death of consoles but it is great feature . However , there are other things that can become a threat for consoles and can affect them in some way .

ermm nope. i dont want to steam, thats just a awful and clunky solution, i dont see the point of it. what steam should be doing is something like psnow

Why would that kill consoles? You can Steam Stream all day long but it still doesn't get you the likes of TLOU, GTA V, RDR, Demon's Souls, Infamous SS, Uncharted etc.

GTA 5 is not out on ps4 or X1 either.

Streaming isn't as "amazing" as it was a year or two ago when it was at it's prime. Seriously why the frak would I watch someone play a video game...it takes the whole point away unless you're watching a guide or something.

@jhonMalcovich: I'm using or at home now to stream games at full 1080p from my PC in the basement to my weak laptop connected to my TV. I've been waiting for something like this for ages and here it is working perfectly with full graphics fidelity. The picture quality is perfect and the response time is spot on.

Any cross platform games are now going to live on my PC. My consoles are now only "exclusive" machines.

Infamous is the only one on that list that IS on either of those consoles, what's your point? Doesn't change the point I was making that you still miss out on good games no matter how good the Streaming feature is

@seanmcloughlin: pc fanboys just can't wrap their head around the notion that console gamers can, and often do, keep their previous gen console when moving into the new.

My point is that your including GTA 5, when its likely to be due on PC with x1 and ps4 versions

I'm not really interested in this, although it could be handy the next time I decide I want to play Civ 5 on the tv.

Nope. Streaming is there to bandaid the fact that Valve wanted to make a Linux-based game console.

If Valve wants the average joe to get into PC gaming, they would've invested in launch titles, because the Linux library to me is an indication that they clearly aren't spending enough money on SteamOS.

I'd much rather they offer "premium" models with Windows 7 installed, but they're too fixated on Linux. Wake me up when Valve decides to pay Namco to bring Tales of Zestiria to PC/Linux.

I don't think you understand what this thread is about

Someone has no idea what is going on here

Ah just read the article, thought it was streaming as in game streaming and not streaming games between computers in the same house.

might help to learn what something is before complaining about it

read the post above you might help.

1. You could use cheap laptop as the main lifting is done by the gaming machine in the office. All you need to do is to connect the laptop to the TV.

2. Nothing to do with internet, its using your local network.

3. True but now I can have the option of playing either in the office at my desk or in the living with the big TV without having to either cart my PC around from room to room whenever I want a change of scenery or having to spend money on building another big PC.

Steam is primarily full of bad indie games that aren't finished. It's in a terrible state.

Consoles win.

read the time difference and see i posted mine when you were typing yours too.

lolno

@Desmonic: Local streaming has nothing to do with your ISP. I don't need an ISP to have a local network.

It's very finnicky I got towerfall ascension to work for example but not blacklight Retribution.

FTFY

I would imagine it would be the first option. Everyone has a "home network" if they have a router, all the machines connect to said router are connected, getting them to talk to each other is the next step. Setting up a home network is not hard, a quick Google search brings up tons of how to guides and videos to help even the most technological impaired user achieve it.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3629-RIAV-1617

It seems that Steam will auto find the other machine on the network.

well i've been planning on building a steambox for a while now.

it's good that i'll be able to play my windows games on it, should i choose to stream them. i doubt i will.

still though, a worthwhile feature on the PC platform.

Will it "kill" the console? Not a chance. The majority of Steam users will probably never use this feature.

What it potentially does, more importantly, is give PC gamers added flexibility on the ways in which they can play their games. It's been argued that you could just "simply" connect your gaming PC to a TV to get a couch playing experience. And while this is technically correct, most people who own a gaming desktop have heavy towers which are connected with a multitude of cords which make transportation to and from a separate TV room difficult and inconvenient.

It's a great first step towards giving PC gamers more options on where and how to play their games. It's definitely a cool idea, but it's certainly not for everyone. I doubt it'll sway someone who was considering a PS4. It won't affect sales of consoles in any meaningful way at all.

I think this is great now i can just connect my laptop to my big ass tv in the living room and play there.

Console gamers like consoles for console games, so lol no.