MOVIES! store needs more movies!

[DaPenguino_TRP]

My overpriced gaming PC doesnt have a bluray/DVD-rom my only option is to download movies online, or stream them, streaming sites are absolutely garbage you never get the full quality and they lie about the quality that the video is playing at, thats why i prefer to download movies.
I wish steam focused on adding more films to their library, i would totally buy downloadable 4k films from steam

[Seretti]

They did sell some for a while, or maybe it was strictly anime, but then stopped because it wasn't profitable. Get Netflix or Hulu or something.

[Carolynne]

Seretti の投稿を引用：

They did sell some for a while, or maybe it was strictly anime, but then stopped because it wasn't profitable. Get Netflix or Hulu or something.

They did have other than anime on there.

Netflix and Hulu wouldn't be reliable as it doesn't have everything, and they compete with exclusivity a lot too.
He's better off setting sails for those bullions.

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Steam tried. It wasn't popular.

[DaPenguino_TRP]

Seretti の投稿を引用：

They did sell some for a while, or maybe it was strictly anime, but then stopped because it wasn't profitable. Get Netflix or Hulu or something.

what do you think i meant when i said "streaming sites"

[wuddih]

https://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/48501

Announcement - Valve
20 Feb, 2019
For the past few years, we have worked on expanding Steam beyond games and software by building a video platform that supports paid and free video content. In reviewing what Steam users actually watch, it became clear we should focus our effort on offering content that is either directly related to gaming or, is accessory content for games or software sold on Steam.

As part of this refocus, we have retired the Video section of the Steam Store menu with an expectation that video content is discovered via the associated game or software store page, or through search, user tags, recommendations, etc.

Over the coming weeks a number of non-gaming videos will be retired and will no longer be available for purchase. Previously purchased content will remain available to owners.

[RamiroRa]

Postal the movie is still available for buying I think, but dunno if it can be watched through Steam.

[DaPenguino_TRP]

wuddih の投稿を引用：

https://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/48501

Announcement - Valve
20 Feb, 2019
For the past few years, we have worked on expanding Steam beyond games and software by building a video platform that supports paid and free video content. In reviewing what Steam users actually watch, it became clear we should focus our effort on offering content that is either directly related to gaming or, is accessory content for games or software sold on Steam.

As part of this refocus, we have retired the Video section of the Steam Store menu with an expectation that video content is discovered via the associated game or software store page, or through search, user tags, recommendations, etc.

Over the coming weeks a number of non-gaming videos will be retired and will no longer be available for purchase. Previously purchased content will remain available to owners.

riip
i remember seeing them, didnt realise they discontinued them, but i remember all the movies were really bad, like b-grade films that no one would watch.
their movie collection was weak af, they should have hired someone to advice them on what films to get

[Seretti]

DaPenguino_TRP の投稿を引用：

i remember seeing them, didnt realise they discontinued them, but i remember all the movies were really bad, like b-grade films that no one would watch.
their movie collection was weak af, they should have hired someone to advice them on what films to get

Just like with games, the studios decided whether to bring their stuff to Steam or not. Valve wasn't the one picking and choosing...

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

DaPenguino_TRP の投稿を引用：

wuddih の投稿を引用：

https://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/48501

riip
i remember seeing them, didnt realise they discontinued them, but i remember all the movies were really bad, like b-grade films that no one would watch.
their movie collection was weak af, they should have hired someone to advice them on what films to get

See they did it in a smart manner. Instead of dropping a crap ton of money on big name titles for what was essentially an experiment, they tested the waters, low and behold most people weren't trying to find shows on Steam, they were looking for games/gaming related products.

[Crashed]

RamiroRa の投稿を引用：

Postal the movie is still available for buying I think, but dunno if it can be watched through Steam.

It's associated with the Postal game franchise, so it is still in compliance with the rules.

[Gwarsbane]

DaPenguino_TRP の投稿を引用：

My overpriced gaming PC doesnt have a bluray/DVD-rom my only option is to download movies online, or stream them, streaming sites are absolutely garbage you never get the full quality and they lie about the quality that the video is playing at, thats why i prefer to download movies.
I wish steam focused on adding more films to their library, i would totally buy downloadable 4k films from steam

And all those issues and more were here with the movies you could get on Steam.

They were also overly compressed, and you had to Stream them, not download them and they were not as good quality as uncompressed blu-rays/4k and they were over prices.

People were just not interested in them.

Here is a suggestion, either buy a blu-ray/4k player for your machine, and then try to get it to actually play the movies (because the firmware of the players and the DRM of the discs themselves have been messed with so playing movies on your system is not as easy as it used to be). or buy an external PC player (basically its an internal one in an external box with USB3 connection) but you still have the same issues as above. Or buy a stand alone 4k player and buy your movies like that.


I have an older Blu-ray player in my machine, I can't play 4k movies but I have been collecting them as long as they come with blu-rays, this way I can at least enjoy them for now. My player, being older, has less issues watching movies but I want one that can do 4K so I'm looking at getting a stand alone player. There are other methods to get a 4k PC drive to work, but it can be hard and it can brick the player meaning 100+ bucks goes out the door.

Also as people mentioned, Valve stopped selling new movies and got rid of mostly everything a long time ago because it didn't do well. Only a few devs opted to be able to sell movies connected to their games, but as far as I know they are still just streamed to your system and not downloaded just like every other official Steaming site out there.

The lack in quality, needing high speed connection just to watch it and the fact they can be taken away from you at any point is why I don't buy digital only versions of movies. I will eventually plunk down the 300+ bucks for a decent 4k stand alone player as its the best option till governments change laws to stop stupid DRM from infecting movie discs.