Waiting for Valve's Steam Operating System download? The company has just made a beta version available for download to people's televisions in their living rooms, or computers on their desktops. Consumers do not need to download Windows, or other operating systems.
Consumers can download the new software online here. It includes a torrent or data file, and steps on how to set it up bit-tech.net reported.
"Unless you're an intrepid Linux hacker already, we're going to recommend that you wait until later in 2014 to try it out," the Valve told bit-tech.net. The new operating system also runs Valve's Steam Machine game console, and is considered the company's initial big push to separate from Microsoft Windows, the main system for playing computer games, on operating systems.
The console will not be launched until 2014 when it is officially made public. Several different vendors will make the machines for this occasion. Information from the evaluation period will not have any effect on what type of device Valve selects. Further information will be available at the Consumer Electronics Show Jan. 6.
Test versions of Valve's Steam Machines will be sent to the 300 gamers selected to try out the new game console Friday Gaming Blend reported Wednesday.
The machine has 16 gigabytes of random access memory, 12 by 12.4 by 2.9 in measurements, and a power supply of 450 watt 80 plus gold.
Game enthusiasts, and other consumers can buy games from the company's 3,000 titles for download to their personal computer. This concept is different from Sony's PlayStation products, and Microsoft's Xbox items.
Over 7 million new users have already signed up for Valve's Stream program which provides games to 65 million users.This means one in every ten Steam members were utilizing the program.
Numbers are also up from last year's 6 million users, which mostly came from its fall sale. This is an increase of 17 percent of involvement with a product that was already well-known.
