Steam to sell non-gaming software from Sept 5

by Stephen Heller Featured 10 Comments 14 Votes 507 Views 09/08/2012 Back to News

Remember those strange pictures we reported on a few weeks ago? You know, the ones where Steam wanted to sell accounting software? Well Valve has officially announced that from September 5, you'll be able to purchase a variety of software ranging "from creativity to productivity" alongside your games.

While now specific programs have been announced, we do know that they will take advantage of Steamworks features such as easy installation, automatic updating and file storage via the Steam Cloud.

The 40 million gamers frequenting Steam are interested in more than playing games. They have told us they would like to have more of their software on Steam, so this expansion is in response to those customer requests.” Mark Richardson, Valve

So who's going to pick up a copy of QuickBooks with their copy of Black Ops 2?

By Stephen Heller

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Interesting... video editing software on the horizon? Potentially with the recent release of the Source movie editor...
Awesome, just gets better and better
Steam to have its own video recording to go with its screenshots? Yes please. :D
Pretty good.

Now to buy a PC.
Integrated 3D modelling tools to go with the workshop would be pretty sweet. Not that I'd touch it anyway.
Microsoft Word
15.3 hrs last two weeks / 301.2 hrs on record
Valve just keep getting bigger and bigger...kinda like Gabe :P

Beta said: Pretty good.
Now to buy a PC.


This.

Oh and ADSL. Shit. [Rage]
Big problem: offline mode support still sucks. It does work, but it's very temperamental and kind of shoddy. If I buy a software suite from Steam for doing actual work, then I'd better be able to run it directly from the EXE without Steam running at all.

whaling said: Microsoft Word
15.3 hrs last two weeks / 301.2 hrs on record


...and in that time, about three lines written down...

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