09Sep 2011

Steam "Xbox Support" section outed, Valve downloads service tipped for 360

Famed digital platform making the leap?

Valve's Steam service is coming to Xbox 360, if the appearance of a forum titled "Xbox support" is any indication.

Spotted and screen-capped by Steam users earlier this morning (thanks SixthAxis), the mysterious addition sits snugly below the PS3 support forum. In case you didn't know, Steamworks currently operates on PS3 alone, though Valve has waxed lyrical about its desire to spread the love to Xbox.

An innocent mistake, or evidence that said love-spreading is finally in motion? The company has yet to comment. Speculate as you please.

oxm.co.uk Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Comments

9 comments so far...

  1. STE MO on 9 Sep '11 said:
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    Lets hope it comes to be then maybe the price of Games on Demand will fall.

  2. KernowDevil23 on 9 Sep '11 said:
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    Personally I don't see the fascination with Steam. I'm not really interested either way which has quickly led me to question my motives for posting on such a topic..... *can't....stop....posting*.... :oops:

  3. golliwoza on 9 Sep '11 said:
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    What is the extra in the PS3 thingy on steam? I use steam alot and have to say they are the best in caring for the gaming community, I just love steam.

  4. Bezza89 on 9 Sep '11 said:
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    Can't see MS having competition on their own platform. I'm thinking this could be to do with the Xbox Dave (pending) and rumours suggesting a PC/Xbox hybrid. Or I could just be twisting words...

  5. Spiderless on 9 Sep '11 said:
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    Steam on the Xbox would be a massive step forward for Valve xbox games, things like TF2, L4D2 get constant free updates on the PC (and now PS3?), whereas the Xbox community have to pay for them (fault of Microsoft). For the gamers (those who like Valve games anyway) this would be fantastic, but I can't see the upside for Microsoft except perhaps levelling the score with the PS3.

  6. MrCoolJoeCool on 9 Sep '11 said:
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    This would be awesomeness for Xbox user; STEAM is great!

  7. Cdr JamesCool on 10 Sep '11 said:
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    Well thats good news, this means more free DLC and cheaper downloadable games (hopefully).

  8. patster24 on 12 Sep '11 said:
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    I love the steam service (I own a few games on steam), but what actually would the steam service do for xbox live?

  9. Guilty Sparks on 12 Sep '11 said:
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    If anything i'd love for football manager to be made available with all the features from the Pc via the Valve service....... one can only dream.

    This is great news if it comes to fruition, like somebody else said hopefully it will abolish the overpriced games on demand service.