![]() ![]() With SteamOS, however, Valve claims it has "achieved significant performance increases in graphics processing," and is now working on "audio performance and reductions in input latency at the operating system level." Meanwhile, we have Windows, which is clearly not designed to be an ideal gaming platform. One of the few advantages consoles have over PCs (whether or not they always make the best of it) is an OS specifically designed for gaming. It also needs native Netflix and Hulu apps, and all the other media services offered by the consoles. Streaming games from a secondary PC is neat, but we'd rather run them natively on the machine we paid to put in our living room. That feels really good to say, but the adoption rate hinges on SteamOS launching with native support for everything we want in a media and gaming center. If you have a living room PC, or plan to build one, you can ditch Windows for free. ![]() That's thrilling, but also scary as hell, so we've worked through our fears with a list of SteamOS pros and cons, followed by deep breaths in anticipation of tomorrow's announcement (opens in new tab). If SteamOS takes off, PC gaming will undergo one of its most dramatic changes ever-possibly one more significant than the introduction of the free-to-play model and crowdfunding. We're free to choose our hardware, our software, our mods, and soon more than ever, how we play, where we play, and whether or not Microsoft gets a cut. ![]()
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