Guest_Rubios_*
I don't know. Every time I use a touch device I feel stupidity (for example my mobile phone). Keyboard'N'Mouse FTW!
Touch interaction FTW, it is the most natural one.
Atleast until we can talk to our computers (and by talk I mean talk, not lolkinect).
Touch interaction FTW, it is the most natural one.
Atleast until we can talk to our computers (and by talk I mean talk, not lolkinect).
I'm still waiting for the computer I can control with my mind, personally.
Although it could just be decades of using a keyboard + mouse, but I prefer that to touch screen when gaming.
Because:
1 - Not everyone can afford big houses.
2 - Not everyone likes big houses.
3 - Buying several TVs instead of one + a streaming box is stupid.
4 - You can't have a TV outside.
I don't have a big house. I have a studio apartment. And I have dedicated space for gaming. I used the room example especially for those people who don't live in a space small enough where it de facto is their gaming space.
And why would you need to buy several TS? You'd just need one monitor that you could hook up your CPU too.
Edit: And who games outside?
Guest_Rubios_*
I'm still waiting for the computer I can control with my mind, personally.
Although it could just be decades of using a keyboard + mouse, but I prefer that to touch screen when gaming.
Depends on the game, something like Hearthstone plays great on a tablet and I had a lot of fun replaying X:COM and Baldur's Gate with the fingers.
I don't have a big house. I have a studio apartment. And I have dedicated space for gaming. I used the room example especially for those people who don't live in a space small enough where it de facto is their gaming space.
Because some of us don't like playing everything on a desk, and most people have their TVs on the living room.
Edit: And who games outside?
>2014
>not feeling the lovely Atlantic ocean breeze on your face while gaming
And you call yourself Master Race?
Because some of us don't like playing everything on a desk, and most people have their TVs on the living room.
Which just means that you can have your PC in your living room. Again, not seeing the benefit of buying another PC and setting up a network.
Edit: And who games outside?
I did it once... with a laptop in a car, playing Heroes V with my cousin. I don't recommend it at all!
I can definitely see the benefit of this. I have an old but fairly powerful budget PC that gets pretty loud in summer due to the heat. I never bothered installing anything but the stock CPU cooling. Streaming to a media center in the living room will allow me to play games without being bothered by the fan's noise.
Since when did having options and flexability become a bad thing?
I'll game outside, why not?
I don't think people are saying it's bad, just kind of pointless.
The only real benefits I can see to this system is A. Multiple people gaming on the same absurdly powerful machine and B. Not having to move the PC around
It doesn't even open up many new options. It's not like there is something preventing me from moving my main overpowered gaming PC and hooking it up to my TV without using Steam's streaming.
It seems like more of a convenience thing than it does an options or flexibility thing.
@Cyanon
Respectfully I disagree. The ability to run windows games on macs and Linux platforms is reason enough to see how this is useful. Also that whole moving gaming rig around thing sounds like it'll involve some form of manual labour, to which I am opposed. Do enough of that kind of stuff already, and it is preventing me from becoming fat and happy. Sometimes 
...most of the time 
I just wanna R&R on my arse.
@Cyanon
Respectfully I disagree. The ability to run windows games on macs and Linux platforms is reason enough to see how this is useful. Also that whole moving gaming rig around thing sounds like it'll involve some form of manual labour, to which I am opposed. Do enough of that kind of stuff already, and it is preventing me from becoming fat and happy.
Sometimes
If you're running a Linux setup, then I don't see why you wouldn't dual boot so that you can still run certain Windows programs on their native OS. It tends to work much better than attempting to use wine or something similar.
The whole getting to be lazy about hauling the PC around is what I was talking about with it being more about convenience than options or flexibility =P
Guest_JujuSamedi_*
If you're running a Linux setup, then I don't see why you wouldn't dual boot so that you can still run certain Windows programs on their native OS. It tends to work much better than attempting to use wine or something similar.
The whole getting to be lazy about hauling the PC around is what I was talking about with it being more about convenience than options or flexibility =P
At times people do not want to dual boot to windows. The idea of restarting a computer to another environment to run a process is a bit lanky in my opinion. A more convenient method is logging into an application and running it from there. It is the whole essence of virtualization
Another thing is that this is not limited to games but steam in this way acts as a task manager. Through steam I am able to stream programs such as IDE's straight to any x86 architecture in my network. That sounds pretty damn convenient as it gives me the ability to continue my work from any suitable platform in the house as long as it runs a steam program.
Guest_JujuSamedi_*
The only thing keeping me from going full linux is the software I have to build for the platform and the gaming facilities. If i had an option I would go full steam and this might make it possible
At times people do not want to dual boot to windows. The idea of restarting a computer to another environment to run a process is a bit lanky in my opinion. A more convenient method is logging into an application and running it from there. It is the whole essence of virtualization
Another thing is that this is not limited to games but steam in this way acts as a task manager. Through steam I am able to stream programs such as IDE's straight to any x86 architecture in my network. That sounds pretty damn convenient as it gives me the ability to continue my work from any suitable platform in the house as long as it runs a steam program.
Even then, it's a convenience thing and I'd probably still make the argument that a dual boot would come in handy at times unless you're very certain you're only ever going to run Linux based software.
The whole streaming thing sounds a lot like a system to let people be lazy, which I'm not against or anything but it does sound largely pointless to me. It could be that it just doesn't bother me to reboot my PC or even move it to another room if desired.
Unless you're doing the whole multiple people gaming off one absurdly overpowered machine thing, anyway. Not sure what kind of performance you'd get out of that though with the higher end games coming out.
The only thing keeping me from going full linux is the software I have to build for the platform and the gaming facilities. If i had an option I would go full steam and this might make it possible
Dammit, you hate to play video games... right?!
Which just means that you can have your PC in your living room. Again, not seeing the benefit of buying another PC and setting up a network.
In my case, I have an HTPC in my living room for movies and anime and it also serves as my dedicated seed box that I keep it running 24/7. To keep the noise and the power consumption low, it was built on a small form factor without a video card.
So with Steam, I can now easily play my games in my home theater (with a 55" TV and 7.1 surround sound) by streaming from my gaming PC in my bedroom. It is a nice and convenient feature that is free to use for everyone. It makes even more sense than nVidia's Sheild in my opinion.
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