[MP-Ryan]

...because Valve may just have figured out a way to get every PC gamer to install a Linux distribution somewhere in their home that isn't on a smartphone:

http://business.financialpost.com/2013/09/23/steam-os-announced-by-valv/

How awesome is this.

[Phantom Hoover]

I am pretty interested to see how it pans out, especially how far it deviates from the standard desktop Linux formula.

[niffiwan]

I figure it's in their interest to deviate as little as possible from their upstream distro.  As for SteamOS itself, I thought it might be very similar to Steam Big Picture mode.

[FlamingCobra]

This goes in Gaming Discussion, thanks.

[swashmebuckle]

I'm now even more curious to see which route they go with their initial hardware. This 3-part announcement structure is super effective.

[BloodEagle]

This goes in Gaming Discussion, thanks.

Not really.  It's an Operating System, not just a digital distribution platform.

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I wonder if Valve has any idea what kind of trouble this is going to bring them in tech support.

[redsniper]

This isn't Half Life 3.

[Phantom Hoover]

This is part one of a three-part announcement.

[FlamingCobra]

From reddit:

I can just see it now....

"Could not connect to the Steam Network. This could be a problem due to your Internet connection, or with the Steam network. Please visit www.steampowered.com for more info."

Me - I just want to use my printer.

[BrotherBryon]

This isn't Half Life 3.

I would prefer Portal 3

[BloodEagle]

Portal 3 and Half-Life 3 will be released at the same time.  Players playing Portal 3 will be able to play with players playing Half-Life 3.

 

[MP-Ryan]

Portal 3 and Half-Life 3 will be released at the same time.  Players playing Portal 3 will be able to play with players playing Half-Life 3.

 

Presumably they will be the same game, but I wasn't sure if that's what you're driving at or not =)

Also, yeah - two announcements left.  One had BETTER be HL3.  I'm really tired of the damn cliffhanger from HL2Ep2

[Phantom Hoover]

here, whet your appetite with this

[redsniper]

One had BETTER be HL3.  I'm really tired of the damn cliffhanger from HL2Ep2

It's been about as long now since Ep 2 as the time between the releases of HL1 and HL2.

[Phantom Hoover]

I think there's enough evidence that there's been basically no work on it for years that it definitely won't be released any time soon, if at all.

[Ghostavo]

Valve can't release anything that has a 3 in the title. Which is why all their titles stop at 2. It is known.

DOTA2
Portal 2
Half-Life 2 Episode 2
Team Fortress 2
Left 4 Dead 2

So they will also probably stop by the second announcement.

Regarding the OS, it seems they are doing this for all the wrong reasons.

[niffiwan]

Regarding the OS, it seems they are doing this for all the wrong reasons.

Having a way out of a potentially locked-down-appstore-style-Windows OS seems like a pretty decent reason to me.  If this is what MS plans to do, then I don't see them allowing Valve to install their Steam client (and sorry, I can't find the page where I 1st saw this idea mentioned)

[Phantom Hoover]

Valve can't release anything that has a 3 in the title. Which is why all their titles stop at 2. It is known.

DOTA2
Portal 2
Half-Life 2 Episode 2
Team Fortress 2
Left 4 Dead 2

So they will also probably stop by the second announcement.

Regarding the OS, it seems they are doing this for all the wrong reasons.

This is a common joke but there is something to it; consider that of all those titles, Half Life is the only one that Valve actually started development on. All the rest are developments of ideas (and, in the case of DOTA and TF2, full games) that were initially made by some independent team whom Valve recruited.

[An4ximandros]

This is why it won't happen.

To be completely frank, I don't even give a damn about the Half Lives anymore. Their time has passed. Valve would be better off making something new.

Or a complete reboot.

[Grizzly]

Valve can't release anything that has a 3 in the title. Which is why all their titles stop at 2. It is known.

DOTA2
Portal 2
Half-Life 2 Episode 2
Team Fortress 2
Left 4 Dead 2

So they will also probably stop by the second announcement.

It's probably why EA decided to release Crysis 3 and Battlefield 3 on Origin. They simply do not want the consequences of having an game with a three in it so close to Valve.