Wait 'til your announced? Pfft, screw that, even if we're on each other's Steam. What this palace needs is some releases, and luckily, it looks like that's exactly what we're getting.
Valve TimeStill missing are a lot of other features that platforms like the Xbox has that the Steam Universe lacks (natively). Where is Netflix, Spotify, Hulu, HBO Go, or other media streaming services that also make up the backbone of entertainment in the living room? Well, according to the folks at SteamDB, a lot of these services, or ones like them, could be making their way into Steam and the Steam Universe soon.
SteamDB said that Valve updated their Steam binaries in a beta update today, and they found that a few new application-type IDs were added. Films, TV Series, Videos, Plugins, and Music are all coming to Steam. We were kind of given a hint that Valve was moving towards these services in another beta update a few weeks ago. In the update were references to the popular Spotify music player.
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So Steam is sort of like the Blob, absorbing all media in its path as it grows larger and larger, soon threatening to engulf everything. There's a Gabe Newell joke here somewhere, but I'm too kindhearted to go in that direction.
With recent reports that Valve is ready to unveil Source 2, it looks like the big little-company-that-could has a lot on its plate. I will also avoid the obvious Gabe Newell joke here.
Of course, implementation of all these features could be pretty messy. Only time will tell if this goes in like a good vape or if it comes out worse than a Cleveland Steamer.