• Steam to distribute software starting September 5th 2012

    Discussion in 'News' started by Omnomnick, Aug 8, 2012.

    A little while back, we noticed a small update to the Steam mobile app added a variety of new categories to the Steam store, all of which were relevant to types of software different from the current game categories. Now, Valve has officially announced that they will begin to distribute software on Steam beginning September 5th 2012.

    Valve are also keen to mention that Steam Greenlight will be one way for developers to get their software added to Steam.

    What do you think Valve will include in the opening set of software titles? In a recent interview, Gabe mentioned how he had been talking to Adobe about the concept of offering their software as "Free to Play", could the Adobe suite be a part of the first round of software titles to be released on Steam? Only time will tell. Stay tuned for more updates soon. Check out the official press release here.
    Omnomnick, Aug 8, 2012
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Discussion in 'News' started by Omnomnick, Aug 8, 2012.

  1. Dr.IndianaJones
    I support this 110% It would be awesome to have all my graphic design programs on steam. Then I only have to launch one thing and that is Steam. :D
    Dr.IndianaJones, Aug 8, 2012
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  2. John1986
    what kind of software anyway just drivers or windows 8?
    John1986, Aug 9, 2012
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  3. Vegeta897
    Let's get Renoise on there!

    But really I wonder if there will be any music/daw software.
    Vegeta897, Aug 9, 2012
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  4. The RaDaMaNt
    Photoshop with 90% discount :bounce:
    The RaDaMaNt, Aug 9, 2012
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  5. BakonGuy
    I don't know if I'll like this or not =/

    Guess I'll see in September...
    BakonGuy, Aug 9, 2012
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  6. Vegeta897
    Funnily enough, somebody actually made a thread on the Renoise forums asking if they were interested in this: http://forum.renoise.com/index.php?/topic/35829-steam-to-start-selling-non-gaming-software/

    One of the responses:

    Vegeta897, Aug 9, 2012
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  7. Krynn72
    This is where I start getting iffy. Steam's policy of basically never unbanning accounts can lead to some ****ed up situations, and I'm not sure I'd want to risk losing software due to my account getting hacked. Its one thing if I lose my leisure items, but any work-related (or I guess, any "productive") software is a whole different game. I'll only buy software if I can also use the license without Steam and download it separately in the event my Steam account ever has issues.
    Krynn72, Aug 9, 2012
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  8. sixteenth
    On one hand, I really have to commend Valve for bringing so much to gaming community and their attempt to expand their collection of downloadable content even further. Yet, on the other hand, I can't totally agree with the decision because this is going to make Steam much bigger and there are not really any other comparable, competitive services out there at the moment.
    sixteenth, Aug 9, 2012
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  9. Paulaner
    Nice move. There's a lot of good software out there. It could really benefit from a wider audience. We could have lower prices, better deals and less silly DRM
    Paulaner, Aug 9, 2012
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  10. ríomhaire
    One bad transaction no longer shuts down your whole Steam account. It just prevents you from launching that particular game or buying anything new on the account until it's sorted out. So it's not as bad as it used to be. Plus developers do not have to use Steam DRM, so even if your account is banned anything without DRM you can continue to use.
    ríomhaire, Aug 9, 2012
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  11. Stigmata
    I'm going to keep posting the word "Steambox" in any news thread about Valve and Linux/software, and nothing but the eventual and inescapably real release of the Steambox is going to stop me.
    Stigmata, Aug 10, 2012
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  12. adz
    Looking forward to this.
    adz, Aug 11, 2012
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  13. Hawk56
    Can we just have a Steam OS already?
    Hawk56, Aug 16, 2012
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  14. DEATHMASTER
    Sweet, hope they get EnCase 7!
    DEATHMASTER, Aug 17, 2012
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