Quoting: syylkBut... That music, licensed by the game devs, is not played on Steam. It's only played in the game(s) - where it's already handsomely licensed!

Valve is not letting users listen to the music besides what's already licensed within the videogame, and the users are exposed to the IP only after purchasing the game - and its musical license(s) - and paying the due to the authors, directly or indirectly.

How that claim could have merit?

Steam also sells soundtracks and has a built-in music player, maybe that's what they're trying to exploit?

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Quoting: _Mars

In 2007, PRS for Music took a Scottish car servicing company to court because the employees were allegedly "listening to the radio at work, allowing the music to be 'heard by colleagues and customers'".

From the Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRS_for_Music#Legal_cases [External Link]

It happened in other countries, too. My hairdresser has a plaque informing that the music is only for employees and the customers ought to abstain from listening to it. That's where it's headed...

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Did they also sue Epic, Apple and Google? Just asking.

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Quoting: MohandevirI'm starting to hope for a barebone version of the Steam Machine. I already have a 2tb nvme to put in that thing. Soddim would be pricey, but I would be willing to take it on me. I want the Steam Machine extras (wake from controller/suspend resume, low noise level, etc...)

The idea is good... for a startup or a pc store, not a serious player and not someone trying to take on consoles, so I wouldn't count on it.

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Quoting: BumadarThis is MS, where is the AI? It needs an AI agent and other AI stuff!!

See Xbox Gaming Copilot. It's already there on handhelds like the ROG Xbox Ally.

I'm not at all surprised, a lot of people want to bet spoon-fed every time they get stuck for more than 30 seconds, I say it will be quite popular. (for reference [External Link])

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Quoting: Doktor-MandrakeYou don't really get console "generations" like we use to, when a new console offered a generational difference in terms of what games could do, it's more incremental increases, higher res, higher fps, better raytracing

The next generation of consoles will feature AI that plays games for you and they will advertise it as a replacement for twitch and youtube. Why watch some random dudes play games when you can have your best friend Cortana play the game before your very eyes, all the while unlocking accolades on your account.

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Quoting: melkemindThey are one of the AI companies that bought up all the RAM and forced the prices up, and Nadella said they had a surplus. They could turn around and put that RAM into their Xboxen at no cost. They could also try to sabotage Proton or pull some other shady stuff.

Leave it to M$ to come up with new ways to get sued for monopolistic practices. 😤

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If it indeed includes Steam support, then it's not really bad news for Valve - and if it doesn't, then it's not a real competition to Steam Deck Machine. Gaben wins either way, lol.

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Quoting: ScottCarammellSurprised they'd do something so blatant, but given they're willing to use AI-generated content for their game it's not super surprising they'd also be pro-surveillance. goes hand-in-hand really

the discord integration was probably vibe-coded, I wonder if the fix was as well

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Quoting: PikoloIf the law actually allows applications to rely on an OS supplied age instead of forcing application authors to try to steal identity documents or face scans, this could be a privacy improvement.

Think of all the data breaches with Discord being forced by the UK government to ask for user IDs - if they could rely on a device API, that could be avoided

I don't disagree, but realistically it won't differ much from the user setting their date of birth when entering the website (like on Steam right now). It just won't have any real value for age verification. If they don't realise it now, they will soon - and inevitably come up with some more restrictions.

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