Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Valve e hana ana i kahi PC pāʻani pāʻani like me Nintendo Switch "SteamPal;" a hiki ke hoʻomaka i ka hopena o kēia makahiki.
Ars Technica hōʻike pū "ʻo nā kumu he nui i kamaʻāina me ia mea" ua hōʻike ʻia ua kūkulu ʻia ka mea hana no kekahi manawa. Hoʻomaopopo pū lākou i ke ʻano o ka mea nona ka Steam DB ʻo Pavel Djundik (kahi pūnaewele i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka nānā ʻana i nā loli i ka waihona ʻo Steam), loaʻa nā loli i kahi hoʻolaha hou o ka mea kūʻai aku ma Steam e hōʻike ana he ʻoiaʻiʻo nā koi.
"Hōʻike hou ka mea hoʻokele 'Neptune' o Valve i ka beta hou o ka mea kūʻai aku Steam," ʻO Djundik Hoʻokumuʻia. "Ua kapa ʻia ʻo 'SteamPal' (NeptuneName) a he 'SteamPal Games' (GameList_View_NeptuneGames). Ua hoʻohui pū kēia mea hou i kahi 'papa kuhikuhi wikiwiki' a me kahi 'mana mana'.
I ka manaʻo o Djundik e pili ana kēlā mau kaula i ka mea hoʻokele Neptune, ua noʻonoʻo ʻo ia inā e hana ana ʻo Valve i kahi console Steam lima. Ua ʻike pū ʻo ia aia kahi kuhikuhi "Ka Papahana Hoʻolālā Callisto," a inā 'neptuneGamesCollection” i hōʻike mua ʻia ma Kepakemapa 2020 hou me ka a “Nā pāʻani i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā hāmeʻa” string.
I kēia manawa wikiō holoi ʻia o Newell e kamaʻilio ana ma ke Kulanui ʻo Sancta Maria ma New Zealand, ʻo ia i hōʻikeʻia i nīnau ʻia e kekahi haumāna e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā o Valve no nā pāʻani wikiō console. "E loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manaʻo maikaʻi aʻe o ia mea ma ka hopena o kēia makahiki," Ua hoʻohenehene ʻo Newell, “a ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka pane āu e manaʻo ai. E ʻōlelo ʻoe, 'Ah-ha! I kēia manawa ua loaʻa iaʻu ka mea āna i kamaʻilio ai.'”
Manaʻo ʻo Ars Technica e lilo ʻo SteamPal i ka PC pāʻani portable, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia ʻo ia ka inoa hope. Ua ʻōlelo pū lākou e loaʻa i ka hāmeʻa "nā mana gamepad a me kahi pālima;" e lawe mai ana i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka Nintendo Switch e pale ana i nā Joy-Cons hiki ke wehe.
Ua hana pū ʻo Dell a me Alienware i kahi manaʻo pāʻani pāʻani PC portable me kahi hoʻolālā e like me Switch; ʻoiai ua loaʻa iā China OEMs GPD, One-Netbook, a me Aya (ma nā ʻōlelo a Ars Technica) "Ua paʻi i nā kaʻina hana PC ultramobile a me nā ʻāpana i kahi chassis e like me Switch."
Ua hōʻike ʻo Ars Technica e hele ana ka SteamPal i kahi ala like - me he mea lā ko lākou manaʻo ponoʻī e kūʻē i nā koi mai kā lākou kumu. Manaʻo lākou e hoʻohana i kahi chip mai Intel a i ʻole AMD e like me ka "Switch-like" i loaʻa. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi he hoʻokahi prototype SteamPal "ākea ākea i ka Nintendo Switch."
ʻO kēia ākea hou e ʻae i nā koho mana hou; me nā pihi, nā mea hoʻoheheʻe, nā lāʻau hauʻoli a me ka liʻiliʻi o hoʻokahi manamana lima lima lima (e like me ka Steam Controller). Hoʻomaopopo ʻo Ars Technica i ka SteamPal i ke kaʻina prototype mua, a no laila e hoʻololi ʻia.
ʻAʻole pau nā hoʻohālikelike i ka Nintendo Switch i kona ʻano a me nā koho pā. E hōʻike ʻia ka mea hiki ke "hoʻopaʻa" i nā mākaʻikaʻi nui ma o kahi port USB Type-C. Ua ʻae ʻo Ars Technica ʻaʻohe o lākou manaʻo pehea e hana ai ka pilina, a i ʻole e loaʻa kahi pahu hana e hele pū me ia.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, manaʻo ʻo Ars Technica e kūkulu ʻia ʻo SteamPal me Linux ma ka noʻonoʻo; ʻoiai ua hoʻomau ʻo Valve i kā lākou papa inoa holoʻokoʻa i kūpono me ka open-source OS.
Ua kamaʻāina paha ka moʻolelo i ka poʻe hoʻomanaʻo i ka pōʻino Mīkini mahu; ʻO ka PC pāʻani i kūkulu mua ʻia e Valve me nā hiʻohiʻona console; a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka Linux OS open-source ʻoiai ʻo Apple a me Microsoft e kūkākūkā ana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā polokalamu e hiki ke hoʻokomo ʻia ma kā lākou ʻōnaehana hana (ʻoi aku ka nui. Windows 8). Hoʻohana ia ma ka SteamOS e pili ana i Linux ma Valve ma o ka mea kūʻai aku Steam.
Ma hope o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka makahiki 2015, ua make pono ka ʻōnaehana i ka hōʻea ʻana. Ma Iune 2016, kūʻai ʻia ka console emi iho ma mua o 500,000 mau ʻāpana, me nā helu kūhelu a hiki i kēia lā ke hōʻoia ʻia. E like me ka manao e PC Kaiouki i loko o kā lākou autopsy, ʻo nā kumu o ka hāʻule ʻana, ʻaʻole kūpono ka Steam OS no kēlā me kēia lā a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pāʻani, lohi a me nā hōʻailona liʻiliʻi o nā mea hou, hoʻomaka ʻo Microsoft i kā lākou manuahi Windows 10 OS, a me nā lohi.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Steam Link, kahi mea e hoʻoheheʻe ai i nā pāʻani PC i nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka poʻe e makemake wale ana i kahi Mīkini Steam no ka nānā nui a me ka "pāʻani moe." Ua ʻike ʻia ka poʻe kūʻai aku i nā Steam Machines e makemake ana nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi console a i ʻole PC, ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka Steam Machines e lilo ʻelua.
ʻO ka ʻāpana Mīkini Mokumahu o ka hale kūʻai mahu huna malie i ka 2018. Ma kahi hālāwai ninaninau me ʻO Edge i ka makahiki 2019, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Valve's CEO Gabe Newell "ʻAʻole paʻa ka lako a mākou e koi nei i kēlā manawa. Ua manaʻo wau, 'ʻO kēia kahi a mākou e makemake ai e pau, a he wahi kēia ma ke ala e hiki ai iā mākou i laila'."
"A ua like ka poʻe, 'ʻAe, akā ke noi mai nei ʻoe iaʻu e uku iā ʻoe i ke kālā no ka pono o ka noho ʻana ma kāu palapala alanui, a ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu i kaʻu mea e loaʻa mai ai i kēia manawa'," Ua ʻae ʻo Newell. "Pono mākou e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻike mea kūʻai aku ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kiʻi i ka poʻe e uku maoli i ke kālā no kēlā mau mea."
ʻO kēia mea paʻa lima i haʻi ʻia i ka ʻanuʻu aʻe ma ke ala? He manawa naʻauao kēia e hoʻomaka ai i kahi mea hana ʻoiai ʻo ka nui ʻekolu a me nā mea ʻē aʻe paʻakikī e ʻimi i nā kāleka kiʻi? E hoʻomau mākou i ka ʻike iā ʻoe ke aʻo hou aku.
