Quoting: PsynoKhi0Every review of a Steam Machine should be one line: "Get one, then send an e-mail to the devs of your favorite, currently unsupported gaming asking for a native port. Bonus points if you mention that performance should similar across hardware vendors."

That wouldn't be a 'review', it would be an 'ad'.

I don't see why reviewers are supposed to mobilize people for some corporation's backup plan -- because that's what SteamOS is. And while Valve's 'ecosystem' (when there's a healthy one in place) is not AS closed-off as that of, say, Sony, it IS its own kind of 'walled garden' nevertheless.

Pretty remarkable how a DRM-empire can 'market itself' as the bastion of software freedom.

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Quoting: MblackwellHonestly I'm less interested in reviews from PC enthusiasts and more interested in ones from console/couch gamers.

The picture is pretty clear from their viewpoint: Steam Machines, even those at lowest specs, are several times more expensive than the consoles; and the argument that 'games are cheaper on PC, thanks to steam sales', etc., isn't as strong as many would think. New games, especially those that are good sellers, don't really get any discounts; and as to the 'back catalogue', at least on the PlayStation you get frequent sales and price cuts that are not too shabby -- they've indeed picked up a few tricks from Valve's book. Besides, physical copies of console games can always be sold or traded in, or bought cheaper used, in the first place.

Neither is the sheer number of games on SteamOS an advantage -- as though an abundance of survival horror hack jobs and mobile ports have anything whatsoever on GTA Vs, and Witcher 3s.

For the life of me, I HONESTLY can't think why someone, especially if they're 'console/couch gamers' who wouldn't have an interest in PC exclusive strategies (not all of which are available on SteamOS, mind you), would prefer a Steam Machine over a PS4, at *this* point in time. And obviously I'm saying this as a dyed-in-the-wool Linux-head.

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Thief has a bunch of depots for Mac on steamdb -- nothing for Linux. I think it'll be Mac only.

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Or maybe it's this:

In the picture, there's an old guy, presumably a young guy that's highlighted in blue, and a kid. Those could be the Aeneas (blue guy), Anchises (old guy), and Ascanius (kid) of legend -- so those THREE PEOPLE are the Trojan refugees who fled the sack of the city.

After their Carthaginian escapade, they landed in Latium, where Aeneas got to be married to the princess of the Latins, who was originally betrothed to the kind of the Rutuli. There's your ROYAL SCAM.

Aeneas went on to found the city of Alba, from whose royal line descended Remus and Romulus, the founders of the city of ROME.

So, it has to be Rome II.

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Quoting: flesk(Trying desperately but failing to link the clues to a LEGO game.)

LEGO appeals to people of all ages, hence the 3 people in the picture, from differing age groups.

LEGO is a Danish company, and Denmark has a royalty; and wherever there's royalty, there is bound to be scammy behavior. So there's your 'Royal Scam' hint.

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There are 3 people in the picture.
GTA V has 3 protagonists.

Case closed.

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The lyrics to 'the Royal Scam' mention 'the City of St. John', which is supposed to be in Canada; and it's implied in GTA V that Trevor Phillips is from Canada -- so, there you have it, it's GTA V.

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What he has to say about SteamOS is pretty encouraging.

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Quoting: rustybroomhandleHaha, probably none of the above. Grow Home is a Unity game, so "porting" costs are negligible, and it has no uPlay requirement, which would put the kabosh on any of the others getting a Linux port.

Mac has a uplay client; I see no reason why Linux can't have one.

It's not like it's a functional piece of software anyway.

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Quoting: melkemindI have a Ubisoft-published game called Outland, and it's actually one of the better Linux ports I've played in terms of performance (not bad gameplay too).

These publishers only speak dollars and cents. If a developer, even one of their subsidaries, can demonstrate that a Linux port will yield a good return on investment, they'll sign off on it even if they don't know what Linux is.

I was about to say the same (Outland, etc.).

Ubisoft released Mac versions of Assassin's Creed 2 and Brotherhood (though they were considerably underperforming). IIRC, this took place right around the time there appeared a 'Mac App Store'; presumably they didn't keep up with Mac ports, because the Mac App Store didn't yield the returns they hoped it would.

So it's conceivable that they might try something similar, if they think the new 'market' opened up by Steam Machines has some promise.

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