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Valve Possibly Adding Film, TV Series and More to Steam
Steam Beta update unveils a range of new app-types.
New application-type IDs for Film, TV Series, Video, Plugin and Music were discovered in Steam binaries today following a recent Steam Beta update.
The new app-types, spotted by SteamDB, possibly indicates that Valve may be planning to offer users with a range of deeper multimedia services as part of its drive to make Steam more accessible in the living room.
Although, these app-type additions may just be improvements on what Valve already offers. Users can purchase soundtracks of games (or it is included in special editions of certain games), where the soundtrack is saved with the game in the deep directories of the Steam application. The Steam Music Beta, a service that lets users to listen to their local collection of music while playing games, is also currently underway. Ahead of its roll out, references to music streaming service Spotify were found in the Steam client a year ago.
On a rudimentary level, Valve already offers film distribution through Steam with Indie Game The Movie being one example. Non-game applications, such as accounting solution You Need A Budget, can be purchased and used through the digital platform, too.
Valve first implemented its campaign to enter living rooms with the roll out of Big Picture in 2012, the Steam user-interface tailored for televisions and gamepads. Following that, Valve and third-party manufactures unveiled a range of Steam Machines powered by SteamOS, Valve’s gaming platform designed for playing games in the living room.
Jenna Pitcher is a freelance journalist writing for IGN. You can follow her often inappropriate outbursts on Twitter.
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