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Valve have made a free booklet about the origins of Steam and the Steam DeckWe’ve also compared it to Steam’s very first press release
We’ve also compared it to Steam’s very first press release
Valve have produced a teensy digital booklet about the history of Steam and theSteam Deckas they prepare to introduce it to potential customers in the Asia-Pacific region. The 50-ish-page guide to everything Steam Deck also features a rundown of Valve’s relatively short history of manufacturing hardware such as the Steam Link and Steam Controller, and the Valve Index VR headset.
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You can read the digital version of the Steam Deck booklet in Englishhere, but it’s also been translated intoJapanese, Traditional Chinese and Korean. It’s an interesting potted history of Steam, the Deck and Valve in general. However, when the RPS team was discussing the booklet this morning, Alice0 had a rummage in her files and managed to find Valve’s very first press release about Steam from way back when the storefront was first announced at 2002’s GDC. In it, Valve detailed how they envisaged it working for PC owners, and aww, it’s all quite quaint in 2022:
WHAT CAN STEAM DO?Once you’ve installed Steam, all of the following features are available on your desktop and while you’re playing Steam games.
EASY AND FAST ACCESS TO GAMESAfter installing Steam, you’ll have instant access to Valve’s full library of games. And when you choose one to play, you don’t have to wait for the whole thing to download – you can start playing in a matter of minutes.
INSTANT MESSAGING, EVEN IN GAMEKeep in touch with your buddies through “Friends,” Steam’s instant-messenger. It even works while you or your friends are playing games – you don’t have to stop playing to communicate.
SERVER BROWSER - FIND YOUR FRIENDS' GAMESNow it’s incredibly easy to find a quality game server – one that’s fast, that’s running your favorite game, and even one that has your friends already playing on it.
PARLOR GAMESMaybe you’re dodging your homework. Maybe you’re just bored while waiting for another turn in Counter-Strike. Either way – why not enjoy a nice game of Chess? Or Checkers? Or Go? Or Hearts… Or….
