Quoting: KetilI blame their issues on switching from unity to unreal engine. Not because of the engines themselves, but because they got time to know unity through wasteland 2 and torment, while unreal engine is new for them in this game.

I will keep buying their games as long as they keep porting them themselves.

Yeah, I kind of wondered why they did that. Seems to me from the graphical fidelity of BT4, that they could have done it with Unity.

I need to sit down and play through Wasteland 2... I was going to try to play through the first one again and forgot how goddamn hard that is! Also the BT1 and 2 remastered are out and work with Proton...

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Speaking of the Link, here's some fun I have with my current TV.

I turn on the Link via Steam Controller button... it turns on the TV and brings up the correct HDMI input... but then decides to turn on the PS4 Pro that's connected to it. Which I then have to turn off via it's controller and switch back to the Link's HDMI input because the PS4 made it switch....

Also if I turn off the PS4 Pro, it doesnt' turn off the TV, so when I push the power button on the remote to turn that off... about a minute later the PS4 pro turns back on.

Stupid CEC.

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Quoting: AnanaceI just realized that if they collaborate with Valve a bit, this could make a great Steam Link device as well - seeing as they seem to be sunsetting that hardware, just write up a Steam Link app version for the Atari OS and add support for the native Steam Controller communication. (should be possible with a regular bluetooth chip and custom firmware as that's what the controller itself uses)
Or heck, just connect the controller over bluetooth, since the Steam Link already means network streamed games a tiny bit more latency (4-5ms) for the bluetooth stack won't be noticeable.

Of course, you should just be able to run the regular steam client in the other OS, but never hurts to support such things natively.

I think the Steam Link is an ARM device, isn't it? So there would be needed some porting. But could be a nice minimal thing.

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Quoting: elmapuli like the idea of the hypervisor, but i still think its an scam.

even if its not, sony will announce ps5 soon, microsoft may already be planing the next xbox and switch just launched, i'm afraid there is no rom for this thing, even if it have, it will not bring many new gamers to the table, we will have the ones who already play on ¹linux + the ²atari fans

¹(wich means we will not receive new games because the install base was not increassed and we will waste money on hardware wich have an cost per unit, instead of games)

²(there arent many anyway)

i think the Intellivision new console has an better proposal than this thing, at least its unique.

I guess it depends on what you consider Atari fans. Certainly there aren't really any for modern Atari (who used to be Infogrames). There are many of the Atari 8bit and ST line of computers, and certainly far more than that for the original VCS/2600.

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I kind of hope they basically just make it a skinned SteamOS/big picture setup and work with Valve on it.

No sense reinventing the keyboard wheel...

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Quoting: MalOk since I couldn't wrap my head around I tried to get literate about the app.

Apparently if your tv is not smart or the native app is garbage like in my Samsung case, in the post-link world you're supposed to go with an Android TV. The android app says it officially supports Steam and Xbox One S controllers but I bet it works also with all the stuff that is Android compatible (including m+k devices) as regular ones. I bet that for officially supported they mean controllers that work with steam API and give access to profiles and that kind of stuff.

On a second thought it doesn't look that bad of a decision. All the world wants to be android compatible to get in reach of the endless hordes of people playing microtransaction baked heavy farming android games out there. By jumping on android platform Valve devs should be free to spend less time on drivers (and hardware maintenance) and more on actual features which doesn't sound that bad. The Android TV itself may cost more than a link but it also includes the same features of a Chromecast, a Firestick, it's google assistant compatible and has all the android apps including games that every serious gamer should play daily like angry birds and the fans favorite Diablo Immortal. All in all it's better value I guess and much less cabling behind the TV.

Personally I'm sticking to my link until it lasts (I already have a Chromecast and since I'm not a serious gamer I don't care about angry birds or Diablo Immmortal :) ). Then again I guess privacy champions won't be happy to be forced to have a Google product spying their gaming achievements in the living rooms...

I have to laugh at 'not a serious gamer' and then mention of mobile games. I can't stand gaming on mobile devices, specifically because of the micro-transactions or advertisements.

I ordered a second link for the downstairs area along with another Steam controller (that makes three of those). While yes, you can now pair a Steam Controller with a phone/android device over the bluetooth protocol, I still wouldn't use one to game with. Definitely not going to get a Android TV device.

It's kind of crappy in this day and age when you have to wonder which is going to be more of a privacy concern, Android or Windows...

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Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: MohandevirThing is, when it was heavily discounted, it was cheaper to buy a Steam Link for the network and HDMI cable included than buying the cables alone. So I bought 2 of them. :)

Tried using them hardwired and it did a good job with many games but for others (ex: Witcher 3) I had lots of pixelated frames or just bad performances (Deux Ex: Mankind Divided). Since that's the kind of games I play, the Steam Link doesn't really make it for me. Too bad, I really like the concept and tought that it might become a good client for an hypothetical "Steam streaming service".

So I mostly had played Divine Divinity: Original Sin on Linux on a 1080p TV with the Link, and it'd have audio delay and was crashing (well to be fair, that was the game). But once I changed it from 5.1 surround to just stereo it worked perfectly. Well, was still crashing, but there wasn't any issues with the game. I've also now been playing Conan Exiles over it on my 4k tv, works fine. I've even played Fallout 4 with it. Mind you, now I'm using Wireless with Conan and it's working.

Might give it another shot soon. I have a new RX 580 to test streaming with. Anyone know if the Mesa drivers are doing a good streaming job?

Edit: Did you say 4K? Is the Steam link 4K capable?

Verified that it scales to 1080p. So I have a 4k TV, my monitor is 2560x1440p (G-sync not that it should matter) and playing GTA V via Proton was really smooth, but the TV's info said it was 1080p. So it definitely scales down, there wasn't any chopped off hud or anything. Still works quite well, and Steam Controller is awesome for GTA V.

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Now if only Paradox would do the same thing at some point for their grand strategy games.... Though I think I've had to have spent at least 200 bucks on Crusader Kings 2 already...

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Quoting: MohandevirThing is, when it was heavily discounted, it was cheaper to buy a Steam Link for the network and HDMI cable included than buying the cables alone. So I bought 2 of them. :)

Tried using them hardwired and it did a good job with many games but for others (ex: Witcher 3) I had lots of pixelated frames or just bad performances (Deux Ex: Mankind Divided). Since that's the kind of games I play, the Steam Link doesn't really make it for me. Too bad, I really like the concept and tought that it might become a good client for an hypothetical "Steam streaming service".

So I mostly had played Divine Divinity: Original Sin on Linux on a 1080p TV with the Link, and it'd have audio delay and was crashing (well to be fair, that was the game). But once I changed it from 5.1 surround to just stereo it worked perfectly. Well, was still crashing, but there wasn't any issues with the game. I've also now been playing Conan Exiles over it on my 4k tv, works fine. I've even played Fallout 4 with it. Mind you, now I'm using Wireless with Conan and it's working.

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Quoting: denyasisI just looked on the steam store. It's 95% off right now if any one is thinking of getting it (U.S.A.)

Seriously? I just bought one when I saw this article posted, but it was 89 for controller and link...

Oh, I DID get the discount! Sweet! Ha, the Shipping is more than the price of the Link.

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