Monday, December 3, 2012

Steam's TV-friendly Big Picture mode comes out of beta, Valve holds week-long sale to celebrate

Big picture mode

Steam's Big Picture mode, which aims to carve Valve's gaming platform a presence in your living room, today moved out of beta and is ready for general public consumption. When enabled, the feature optimizes Steam's on-screen presentation for an HDTV rather than your typical PC monitor. In doing so, Valve is making a big play at both the casual gaming sector and console owners that may be growing bored with aging hardware from Microsoft and Sony. Now users can assemble so-called Steamboxes that dramatically outpace the current crop of consoles, with the experience they ultimately take away limited only by their budget.


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/3/3723508/valve-steam-big-picture-leaves-beta-launch-sale

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