Steam’s Big Picture Beta Now Available

[supaflyx3]

WMC doesn't have a web browser, game, or controller support.

[Arinoth]

It's a nice idea but say you bring steam to your TV. It's still a computer hooked up to a TV seeing as there are little to no same PC multiplayer games available from steam or anyone else.

"Hey guys come check this out, steam on my TV"
"Cool, so what can we play?"
"Uh nothing, you guys have to watch me play"

[igot6strings]

Originally Posted by supaflyx3

WMC doesn't have a web browser, game, or controller support.

It doesn;t? I see a games menu there, with most of my steam games in fact. I don't use it mind you as I have no desire to do so but its there.

As for a controller, its quite easy to set any controller up as a mouse if need be.

Edit: Its not GAMES menu, its Extras, but yes, it contains the majority of my games, or I should say shortcuts to.

[Dzzope]

Originally Posted by Arinoth

It's a nice idea but say you bring steam to your TV. It's still a computer hooked up to a TV seeing as there are little to no same PC multiplayer games available from steam or anyone else.

"Hey guys come check this out, steam on my TV"
"Cool, so what can we play?"
"Uh nothing, you guys have to watch me play"

Hence the Sega interest.. You need the features before people will develop for it..

It may not be very useful yet but it's a start.
Remember when steam first launched.. everyone hated it.. mostly for bugs but many hated the idea of all their games in one place or a central management type thing for them..
Now.. People generally hate anything that isn't either stand-alone or steam... origin?