Valve præsenterer deres eget, gratis styresystem - SteamOS

Valve har for kort tid siden løftet sløret for den første af deres tre nyheder, og man må sige at de har hevet det tunge skyts frem, for udvikleren har nu præsenteret deres helt eget styresystem, som naturligvis er blevet navngivet SteamOS.

Det nye styresystem er bygget på Linux og vil naturligvis være centeret omkring Steam og afviklingen af spil og programmer herigennem. Men der loves også allerede at styresystemet vil kunne mere, samt at man er i forhandling med de største spillere inden for forskellige former for medier.

Ydelsen skulle være i højsædet og der loves effektiv brug af din hardware.

Dog lyder det som om SteamOS i første omgang primært vil fungere som en slags forlænger af din PC eller Mac, da styresystemet vil kunne stream dine spil til computeren, hvor du har installeret det - ganske sikkert fordi det er sig eget og ikke gør brug af hverken Windows eller MacOS-komponenter.

SteamOS vil dog også kunne afvikle spil og programmer på selve hardwaren, selvom det i første omgang lyder til at være en væsentligt mindre antal end på eksempelvis Windows-platformen.

Læs for øvrigt vores artikel om Steam Box, hvis du ønsker at høre mere om vores spekulationer om Valves fremtid.

Fra den officielle side lyder det :

Steam is coming to a new operating system
As we've been working on bringing Steam to the living room, we've come to the conclusion that the environment best suited to delivering value to customers is an operating system built around Steam itself.
SteamOS combines the rock-solid architecture of Linux with a gaming experience built for the big screen.
It will be available soon as a free stand-alone operating system for living room machines.

All the games you love
Hundreds of great games are already running natively on SteamOS. Watch for announcements in the coming weeks about all the AAA titles coming natively to SteamOS in 2014. Access the full Steam catalog of over nearly 3000 games and desktop software titles via in-home streaming.

A cross-platform cloud
Seamless content delivery, storage you don't have to think about and automatic updates to everything. Switch machines and pick up your game where you left off, and don't worry about saving your preferences. It's all in the Steam Cloud.

Cooperating system
Steam is not a one-way content broadcast channel, it's a collaborative many-to-many entertainment platform, in which each participant is a multiplier of the experience for everyone else. With SteamOS, "openness" means that the hardware industry can iterate in the living room at a much faster pace than they've been able to. Content creators can connect directly to their customers. Users can alter or replace any part of the software or hardware they want. Gamers are empowered to join in the creation of the games they love. SteamOS will continue to evolve, but will remain an environment designed to foster these kinds of innovation.