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Bagel (Banned) Sep 13, 2023 @ 5:33am
Steam used to sell/rent movies in the past.
In around 2015 to 2017, I don't remember which year it was, but steam used to be a distribution platform for actual movies which got discontinued after a few months. So basically you could watch Dirty Dancing on Steam's subpar video player around that time. :lunar2019laughingpig:

Sadly this isn't being mentioned on Steams anniversary page.
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HikariLight Sep 13, 2023 @ 5:35am 
They removed the video player a few years ago.
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Ogami Sep 13, 2023 @ 7:57am 
Originally posted by Donut:
Sadly this isn't being mentioned on Steams anniversary page.
Valve usually dont want to remember things they did that failed.
:lunar2019grinningpig:
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Bagel (Banned) Sep 13, 2023 @ 8:30am 
Originally posted by Ogami:
Originally posted by Donut:
Sadly this isn't being mentioned on Steams anniversary page.
Valve usually dont want to remember things they did that failed.
:lunar2019grinningpig:

But they did mention Steam Machines in 2015.
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JPMcMillen Sep 13, 2023 @ 8:44pm 
The subpar video player was one nail in its coffin. Another was the fact that you couldn't download/stream said movies to mobile devices like phones or tablets. Or even have an app on TV's or streaming devices (i.e. Roku) to watch on a big screen. Valve really went down that road without a good, solid, long term plan and was pretty much doomed from the start.
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