Steam Machine video shows off SteamOS

If you were one of the lucky 300, you received a Steam Machine from Valve for beta testing purposes. Corey Nelson happened to be one of the chosen ones, and he's sharing his experiences on YouTube.

Andrew Yoon

December 16, 2013 12:30 PM

If you were one of the lucky 300, you received a Steam Machine from Valve for beta testing purposes. Corey Nelson happened to be one of the chosen ones, and he's sharing his experiences on YouTube.

A video from Nelson (via CVG) shows SteamOS in action. As evidenced by the video, the operating system doesn't allow you to do much beyond run Steam. The "desktop" is pretty bare-bones at the moment. However, the Steam-on-TV experience looks rather smooth, with the transition from client to game looking quite silky. Take a gander.

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Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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If you were one of the lucky 300, you received a Steam Machine from Valve for beta testing purposes. Corey Nelson happened to be one of the chosen ones, and he's sharing his experiences on YouTube.
- jtthe2nd
  
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  December 16, 2013 1:13 PM
  
  Watching people play fps games with a control pad will never seem natural or right to me. It's like beastiality or necrophilia weird.
  - CheesePlatter
    
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    December 16, 2013 2:11 PM
    
    Then you must have some pretty fucked up views of the world.
    
    If people want to play with a controller, who gives a shit? Let's all just enjoy videogames
    - spammehardo
      
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      December 16, 2013 6:29 PM
      
      Problem stems from every fps being made with a controller in mind. fuck that.
    - jtthe2nd
      
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      December 16, 2013 9:38 PM
      
      Who says I give a shit? As long as there are fps on pcs I won't care what other people play on. I was just stating that it looks and feels awkward as hell to me.
      - [deleted] 328349105
        
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        December 17, 2013 5:58 AM
        
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  - Schnapple
    
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    December 16, 2013 2:34 PM
    
    Shacknews: anyone who disagrees with me bust be a deviant.
  - Th3rdSun
    
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    December 17, 2013 5:55 AM
    
    Must mean that you suck with a controller.
  - Godhatesfatpeople
    
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    December 17, 2013 5:59 AM
    
    I've been saying this for years. Pedophiles, all of them.
- godm0de
  
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  December 16, 2013 1:33 PM
  
  hmm... video did not deliver should have been titled "guy plays l4d with steam controller"
  - CrustaR
    
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    December 16, 2013 1:35 PM
    
    Looks awkward. That guy is having a hard time aiming.
    - elocanth
      
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      December 16, 2013 1:42 PM
      
      I would imagine the new controller takes some getting used to, like any new input method.
      - CrustaR
        
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        December 16, 2013 1:53 PM
        
        Let us hope so. I'd love a gamepad that works with FPS games.
        
        thebigbeefsandwich
        
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        December 16, 2013 1:57 PM
        
        There will never be one that's just like a mouse imo. A mouse is unconstrained and an inch on a controller is too little to recreate that degree of freedom.
        
        DeBurgo
        
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        December 16, 2013 2:03 PM
        
        i'd like to see a good trackball player try it since supposedly that's what the controller is closest to.
    - qsylvr
      
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      December 16, 2013 1:45 PM
      
      They shipped out on Friday so he could only have, at most, a couple of hours of experience with it. I doubt many people were headshotting on thumbsticks the day Goldeneye 64 came out... it'll be much more interesting to see how good people can get with it by next weekend.
    - yoshimi20
      
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      December 16, 2013 1:48 PM
      
      Even a normal controller would seem easier if that's the type of aiming to expect.
- Ziz
  
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  December 16, 2013 8:20 PM
  
  Ugh still so wish I'd of gotten a Steam Machine.
- SlingBlaze
  
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  December 16, 2013 9:33 PM
  
  Steam feels so snappy there looks great. Dam that controller does not appear natural. Seems like there will be a leaning curve even if you've used other controllers which I was hoping wouldn't be the case.