Games Streaming is coming to Steam

In-Home Streaming application has been spoted in Steam Beta update. The said application will let you stream games from one PC to another or others compatible devices, over a local network.

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Yeah this was covered during the SteamOS talks. All the features of SteamOS (regarding Steam), like local streaming, are coming to the regular desktop client as well

This is likely due to Steam Machine.

i believe valve said their would be different "steam boxs" ranging in prices

I think they come out with a $50-100 version that you could link up to your current pc via internet that way you could be playing your games in ANY ROOM not just where your pc is set up

Hm, still would be more interested in a remote streaming option.

My body is ready

Yea. We all knew it was coming, we were just waiting for the form it would assume.

erm yea they will, and our laptops ect can already do that with this new addition

Wonder if this will work with android tablets.

@uninspiredcup:

It's possible, but I don't see any incentive for Valve to make it happen.

Steam is improving so much, I love it. I'm in the family sharing beta now and I think it's absolutely awesome. Steam leaves the competition in the dust.

I just wonder though if this in-house streaming will have any image quality loss, like Onlive had when streaming games from huge server farms.

@R4gn4r0k: It shouldn´t have much quality loss. After all it´s a local network when streaming rates are about 300 mbps (megabit per second) vs 10-30 mbps of internet streaming, in case of WiFi. And LAN connecttions via physical cable should have no quality loss at all as data transfer speed is about 100 megaBYTE per second there (arround 800 mbps)

Actually, I think Gabe himself said that was something they were going to try and do. Probably via some app on the android store.

@jhonMalcovich:

Good to hear. I have my TV hooked up with HDMI at the moment. But If I ever have a different set-up where my TV would be too far away from my PC then streaming (via steambox) could be a great alternative.

@R4gn4r0k: In the future, I foresee dedicated streaming boxes that will be arround 150$, cheaper than normal consoles as their only function would be connecting HDTV to either local PC or to Internet Streaming service.

And when Smart TVs become a standard, you won´t even need that anymore as smart tvs will be including streaming boxes by default.

Let's see how it works.

Incentive would be to steal a piece of pie from Vita and 3ds. So it´s more than probable.

I'm very interested to see what the future holds. Streaming had a bit of rough launch, because the technology just wasn't there yet, but it has a bright future.

@jhonMalcovich: LAN speeds also go up to 1GBps so even better. :)

That would be pretty freaking sweet. ;)

I don't know.

DOTA 2 is probably the bigger reason why Valve is doing this, imo.

That's what I figure as well.

How long before steam outsells xbox and Ps console gaming.... I give it one generation.

I'd love that to happen.

Build a rig, no Windows - no problem.

You still teaching guitar, man?

The Steam console won't outsell them since it's only an alternative to other methods of getting Steam, and PC gaming as a whole.

PC will still be the #1 platform for gaming though, as always.

I'm looking forward to this. Unlike via internet, via a local network should mean that things like input lag should be minimum. It should be fun to play games on my laptop while lazily sprawled on bed. Wonder whether it'll be possible to use the feature with games added as non-Steam applications, though. Probably not.

I can't be the only one who thinks Valve is set to be extremely disruptive this generation...

All of these things they're doing are a lot more exciting than the PS4 or XB1, imo...Steam Machines can't come out soon enough.

Dual booting there will be and pleasure will be had!