Steam for PS4

[BiscuitSole176]

So a few games have been added to PS4 from steam, which is cool but why not add steam to ps4 so people can enjoy there favorite games right from there ps4? Personally being able to enjoy steam from my PS4 instead of just the few games we have now like war thunder and Outlast and eventually Planet Side 2

Overall having a Steam app to be able to download all your favorite games to PS4 would be an amazing idea.

This is my first time on this form so I have no idea if this has already been mentioned.

[ONe_mOMENT]

No games have been added to ps4 "from steam".

When you buy a game on steam, your buying a PC version, not a PS4 version(or any other version for any other 'non PC platform'). Games being multi-platform doesn't give you access to other platforms version when you buy it on steam.

You may want to re evaluate your understanding of what steam is, and the general gaming market.

[BiscuitSole176]

well the idea what just to get steam on ps4
and that ive already seen a few game that where on steam end up on ps4 as well either way it would be cool

[BiscuitSole176]

even if steam has nothing to do with it

[Fork_Q2]

Originally posted by alscott2018:

well the idea what just to get steam on ps4
and that ive already seen a few game that where on steam end up on ps4 as well either way it would be cool

Sony would never allow such arrangement, nor probably Valve, even if they had a choice.

[BiscuitSole176]

would be interesting though, they are making a steam console arnt they?

[HLCinSC]

PS4 competes with Steam OS/Steam machines. Sony would also likely want a cut of the money from Steam selling games. Right now there isn't any major cross buys where you can pay one price for a game on consoles and Steam (which cover Windows, OSX, and Linux), so developers/publishers would be afraid of losing sales. The PS4's OS and architecture are different than any of Steam's existing platforms so extra work would be required to make them PS4 comptible. There's a lot more reasons but I'm too tired to think of ha.

What could be possible and less offensive to either company would be developing Steam's in home streaming for the PS4 but they would likely be afraid of losing sales to each other too.

[Black Blade]

First welcome to the forums

Second adding your games from Steam on PS4 to be honest is some what not fair for a Dev..
Making a game from the PC to PS4 or the other way around, takes work and time to do, its not a few seconds work to be done and there for it means it cost them more to do it
So when you buy the PC game on a PS4 in a way you pay for there work on converting it from one to the other

As well i will guess that Sony is taking a cut of games sold for the PS4, so having these will also cut in there profit/Steam.
Even that maybe having Steam on PS4 to chat with friends can be nice XD but to add games i think will be great for the customer really bad for the Dev/Publisher/System (Steam/Sony)

[youtube@DangerRuss_TV]

Originally posted by Black Blade:

First welcome to the forums :D:

Second adding your games from Steam on PS4 to be honest is some what not fair for a Dev..
Making a game from the PC to PS4 or the other way around, takes work and time to do, its not a few seconds work to be done and there for it means it cost them more to do it
So when you buy the PC game on a PS4 in a way you pay for there work on converting it from one to the other

As well i will guess that Sony is taking a cut of games sold for the PS4, so having these will also cut in there profit/Steam.
Even that maybe having Steam on PS4 to chat with friends can be nice XD but to add games i think will be great for the customer really bad for the Dev/Publisher/System (Steam/Sony)

Exactly, a lot of games on Steam are PC only games created by small dev/indie teams that do not have the experience to port those games to Console whether it be Xbox, PlayStation, Wii, whatever. It would take years to get that going unless of course, they already had knowledge of how to do this. Still even then it would take months.

But your vision will most likely not be seen through. Im pretty certain Valve will not partner up with Sony.

[QQ]

I think he means Planetside 2, Warframe and Warthunder (WT sucks), both are or was PC only that was or will be ported over to PS4 with no changes other then maybe lower res.

[AlexSledge]

We need a Steam app for PS4 similar to the iOS application, with one additional feature - the ability to utilize Steam Home Streaming. Being able to play the games which support controllers stream through the PS4 from my gaming rig to a big TV is a win-win. Sony has me using their console, interacting with friends via their social network, and a happier customer, Valve has easier access to televisions, making their entire platform more attractive.

In the same way several of the appications on the PS4 could be said to be competing directly with Sony's movie rental and streaming aspirations, Steam *might* be considered competing for game sales - however, Sony instantly increase the catalog of games available for THEIR console by a massive amount through the streaming - at minimal invstment from their side.

Also in the same way Netflix, Amazon Prime, and the like are available, a Steam application which streamed would be a great thing.

[Gurrarn]

Originally posted by AlexSledge:

We need a Steam app for PS4 similar to the iOS application

You're comparing a mobile device with a gaming system built for the sole purpose of playing video games.

None of the consoles need any sort of relation to Steam. Steam is its own thing, and cannot be compared to Netflix or anything like that. If you were to attempt streaming, it just flat out wouldn't work unless the PS4 had KBM support (which I have no idea if it does or not) and not only that, but PC games with controller compatibiility are 99% of the time tailored to the Xbox brand of controllers and mapping that to the PS4 would probably take more time than its worth since you can't use something like XPadder on a console.

It's no different than asking for an Xbox Live app for PS4. Something like that can't be compared to Netflix because Netflix is completely different from XBL/Steam and are used for different things.

The PlayStation and Xbox line of consoles all have their own stable, functional system for games, and Steam is the equivalent to that for PC gaming. You cannot say that because they have apps on iOS/Android, they should make apps for the consoles as well. Microsoft has the Xbox Smartglass app and Sony has a PS app, but you never see any real support on the opposing consoles and even on PC gaming clients (you could argue that Origin does allow you to link your XBL/PSN accounts though, and Steam as well to an extent because of Portal 2.)