The Valve and Steam Platform Discussion Thread

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Usual best sellers crawled up with Lunar New Year sale, only God Eater 3 and Civ VI expansion are "fresh" ones.

#10 - Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
#9 - Assassin's Creed Odyssey
#8 - RESIDENT EVIL 2 / BIOHAZARD RE:2
#7 - Far Cry 5
#6 - Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
#5 - GOD EATER 3
#4 - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
#3 - MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD
#2 - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition
#1 - Grand Theft Auto V

A mix of "new" things and last days of Lunar New Year sale.

#10 - Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
#9 - Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Rise and Fall
#8 - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition
#7 - MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD
#6 - GOD EATER 3
#5 - ASTRONEER
#4 - Far Cry New Dawn
#3 - Grand Theft Auto V
#2 - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
#1 - Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm

 

[LESS T_T]

In line with the new UI theme they are gradually introducing from last year: https://store.steampowered.com/about/

Teasing the new client?:



Btw, the new client will be web(-tech)-based, like Steam Chat and Discord.

 

[Alienman]

Oh boy... it's gonna be huge icons and such a la mobile right?

 

[GrainWetski]

Oh boy... it's gonna be huge icons and such a la mobile right?

Gotta compete with Epic's great store.

 

[A horse of course]

What kind of idiot puts a steaming mug of coffee right at the corner of their monitor? Good luck getting that out, moron.

 

[Solid Snail]

I have a bug from a week, can't see my badge's page. I submitted a ticket one week ago, no reply. Meanwhile other people have the same problem too and Valve told one of them to post in the Steam forum to look for a reply.
Wtf.

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3658515990042179468/

 

[LESS T_T]

Steam no longer sells non-gaming videos: https://store.steampowered.com/news/48501/

CHANGES TO VIDEO CONTENT ON STEAM

For the past few years, we have worked on expanding Steam beyond games and software by building a video platform that supports paid and free video content. In reviewing what Steam users actually watch, it became clear we should focus our effort on offering content that is either directly related to gaming or, is accessory content for games or software sold on Steam.

As part of this refocus, we have retired the Video section of the Steam Store menu with an expectation that video content is discovered via the associated game or software store page, or through search, user tags, recommendations, etc.

Over the coming weeks a number of non-gaming videos will be retired and will no longer be available for purchase. Previously purchased content will remain available to owners.

It's been a long time coming since the death of Steam Machines. No dream of home entertainment system.

 

[J_C]

I completely forgot that there were videos on Steam, so good riddance I guess.

 

[Infinitron]

Hey, I hope they do one last sale. They have some Lionsgate movies I wouldn't mind owning:

 

[unfairlight]

Steam no longer sells non-gaming videos

A documentary about the Hungarian games industry under the iron curtain is available Steam. What would happen to it, as an example? Technically speaking it is directly related to games.

 

[LESS T_T]

A documentary about the Hungarian games industry under the iron curtain is available Steam. What would happen to it, as an example? Technically speaking it is directly related to games.

we should focus our effort on offering content that is either directly related to gaming or, is accessory content for games or software sold on Steam.

I think it should be the former.

 

[Rahdulan]

Steam no longer sells non-gaming videos: https://store.steampowered.com/news/48501/

Good. How long ago was it that people were joking Steam would seen be selling anime and movies?

 

[Perkel]

Btw, the new client will be web(-tech)-based, like Steam Chat and Discord.

Good riddance. Steam client always was garbage.
Hopefully this will be something fast, not that garbage that takes seconds to open up store, community and other features of it.

 

[Viata]

It takes more time to start the client(login and daily updates, holy shit) than anything, though. I only use the client to start a game and to open the Steam Chat, because the rest is, indeed, fucking slow.

 

[J_C]

Steam no longer sells non-gaming videos

A documentary about the Hungarian games industry under the iron curtain is available Steam. What would happen to it, as an example? Technically speaking it is directly related to games.

Wanted to say that this film is freely watchable on Youtube, but unfortunately it doesn't have english subtitles there.

 

[Gerrard]

Btw, the new client will be web(-tech)-based, like Steam Chat and Discord.

Good riddance. Steam client always was garbage.
Hopefully this will be something fast, not that garbage that takes seconds to open up store, community and other features of it.

Steam chat still crashes whenever you play an embedded video. I wonder how that will work with the store.

 

[LESS T_T]

This means those data can be accessed by the client, not just displayed on Steam store pages. So *possibly* the new client supports sorting and filtering of library based on genre, categories, tags, developer, publisher, franchise, Steam release date, original release date, supported languages, and etc..

For example, data added to Half-life 2: https://steamdb.info/app/220/history/?changeid=5853253

 

[Infinitron]

Steam and original release dates

This will be useful for informational purposes, although I imagine many developers won't bother to go back and fill in the correct data (eg, if they entered the Steam release date as the original release date when there was just one field)

 

[Jigawatt]

This will be useful for informational purposes, although I imagine many developers won't bother to go back and fill in the correct data

All Valve should do is hit up the Mobygames API to grab the release date, then send an email to all devs saying unless that set another value here is the date being set. Bam. But of course this is exactly the kind of customer-helping initiative that they would never take

 

[Unkillable Cat]

This will be useful for informational purposes, although I imagine many developers won't bother to go back and fill in the correct data

All Valve should do is hit up the Mobygames API to grab the release date, then send an email to all devs saying unless that set another value here is the date being set. Bam. But of course this is exactly the kind of customer-helping initiative that they would never take

Especially since MobyGames is not a very good authority on release dates, as they seem to only post years of release, not months and days.

 

[LESS T_T]

This means those data can be accessed by the client, not just displayed on Steam store pages. So *possibly* the new client supports sorting and filtering of library based on genre, categories, tags, developer, publisher, franchise, Steam release date, original release date, supported languages, and etc..

For example, data added to Half-life 2: https://steamdb.info/app/220/history/?changeid=5853253

Somehow this change exposed release dates that devs/pubs filled in, that they probably supposed are not public.

Data for some games Codex interested. Of course these can be placeholders, but some dates pretty specific.

The Outer Worlds - August 6, 2019 – 18:00:00 UTC
Disco Elysium - March 12, 2020 – 18:00:00 UTC
Spire of Sorcery - March 7, 2019 – 14:00:00 UTC
Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind - April 15, 2019 – 20:00:00 UTC
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones - August 8, 2019 – 18:00:00 UTC
BIOMUTANT - July 1, 2019 – 17:00:00 UTC
EITR - August 1, 2019 – 16:00:00 UTC
Desperados III - September 30, 2019 – 17:00:00 UTC
Hollow Knight: Silksong - June 12, 2020 – 21:00:00 UTC
Atomic Heart - June 20, 2019 – 18:00:00 UTC
The Sinking City - March 21, 2019 – 08:00:00 UTC
Mount & Blade 2 - December 31, 2019 – 23:00:00 UTC (Yeah, very obvious placeholder it is.

)

You can browse more at SteamDB.

 

[Alienman]

2020 for Disco. Ouch.

And yeah, another year of cock teasing for Mount & Blade 2. Fucking hell...

 

[Belegarsson]

Hollow Knight: Silksong - June 12...

... 2020

Good to know that TOW is releasing this year. I figured they gonna be showcased at E3 first before launching. And finally a sign of Biomutant, feel like eternity since it's first announcement.

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a few games I'm looking forward to, hope these aren't bamboozle

Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game - November 30, 2020 – 14:00:00 UTC
Realms Beyond - February 28, 2020 – 16:00:00 UTC
The Iron Oath - March 23, 2020 – 19:00:00 UTC
Griftlands - November 1, 2019 – 17:00:00 UTC
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION - September 16, 2019 – 16:00:00 UTC
EITR - August 1, 2019 – 16:00:00 UTC
Overland - June 6, 2019 – 17:00:00 UTC
Dark Devotion - April 1, 2019 – 18:00:00 UTC
TUNIC - July 1, 2020 – 20:00:00 UTC

 

[LESS T_T]

A mix of "new" things and last days of Lunar New Year sale.

#10 - Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
#9 - Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Rise and Fall
#8 - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition
#7 - MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD
#6 - GOD EATER 3
#5 - ASTRONEER
#4 - Far Cry New Dawn
#3 - Grand Theft Auto V
#2 - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
#1 - Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm

Pity, Devotion could be the Taiwan #1:

#10 - Far Cry New Dawn
#9 - FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION
#8 - Dying Light Enhanced Edition
#7 - JUMP FORCE
#6 - Grand Theft Auto V
#5 - Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Year 4 Pass
#4 - Far Cry New Dawn
#3 - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
#2 - Devotion
#1 - Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm

 

[karoliner]

Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind - April 15, 2019 – 20:00:00 UTC
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones - August 8, 2019 – 18:00:00 UTC
Atomic Heart - June 20, 2019 – 18:00:00 UTC