Posted on Friday 6-May-2011 3:42 PM

Valve 'starting to look at' Steam mobile

'The more requests we receive, the more likely we'll act'

By Andy Robinson for computerandvideogames.com

Valve says it's starting to look at the possibility of bringing Steam to mobile devices, after an influx of requests.

Speaking to trade mag MCV, Valve marketing VP Doug Lombardi said the more requests Valve receives for a mobile version of the platform, the more likely it is to act.

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"We do feel we're late on mobile across many of Valve's services," Lombardi said. "It is something we're starting to look at now. People are starting to ask us for it. The more requests we receive, the more we feel the need to act on them."

Jason Holtman, Valve's director of business development and legal affairs, added: "Mobile is really interesting. If you're making games, you have to be thinking about having a platform in this space. But it's too early to say anything definitive."

Microsoft's Xbox Live is of course already integrated with Windows 7 mobile devices, including custom games and mobile-only Achievements.

Will Valve go down the same route?

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    caveman635 on 6 May '11 said:

    go ahead and go down that route. all i ask is that you put it on ngp/psp2.

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    infernoxXx on 6 May '11 said:

    get it on linux first. i dont mind a steam mobile app, would be cool to talk to steam friends through your phone.

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    gobbybobby on 6 May '11 said:

    Steam client on PS3 with all valve PS3 games and then start adding games from other developers.


    FULL STEAM ON PS3
    FULL STEAM AHEAD.
    MORE CROSS PLATFORM MULTIPLAYER

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    fps_d0minat0r on 6 May '11 said:

    the only mobile device worth putting it on is NGP because it actually has the power to play the games. but if their not porting their games for ps3, why would they do so for NGP?
    lets see what valve announces at e3...maybe left4dead, counterstrike, halflife for ps3/ngp

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    slothfull9 on 6 May '11 said:

    Maybe they could look at giving us some information about Half-Life, as they've had a lot of requests for that!!!

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    tbomb on 6 May '11 said:

    If a cross platform mobile games app became availible, especially covering iphone and android, I think there would a great sigh of relief from us consumers. I'm now shackled to an iphone, and finding it a almost a burden.

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    Paul_Boland2 on 7 May '11 said:

    To hell with Steam Mobile, WHERE IS HALF-LIFE 2 EPISODE 3!!!???!!!

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    Jimmy Luxury on 8 May '11 said:

    I can see it working for Android. Steam offers a massive amount of content, it wouldn't have to restrict itself to its own games. Even for PS3, they could remove the store function, offer a client and do what they did with the Mac by incrementally drip feeding PS3, Android and iPhone users games they already own. Please?

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    Ror1984 on 8 May '11 said:

    "Microsoft's Xbox Live is of course already integrated with Windows 7 mobile devices, including custom games and mobile-only Achievements."

    I wish people would stop calling Windows Phone 7 "Windows 7 Mobile". It isn't Windows 7 on a phone.

    As for steam on phone platforms, l can see it happening on Android, but it's unlikely to appear on i0S or WP7, as it would compete with Game Centre and XBLA. Also, wasn't this reported before? I remember commenting much the same thing then...