Mobile leak suggests Steam might expand into non-game apps
Steam's Android app has thrown up a selection of new categories that point to the possibility of productivity apps and other types of non-gaming software being sold in the near-future. Ranging from photo editing to accounting, there's ten categories that aren't available on the desktop version. It would open up yet another branch for Valve, which already offers books and movies through its online store, but until these categories get fleshed-out -- they're currently empty -- we're left guessing as to what it's likely to offer.Filed under: Internet, SoftwareSteam store reveals a handful of new categories, hints at non-gaming app possibilities originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | The Verge | Email this | Comments
Mobile leak suggests Steam might expand into non-game apps
Genre list includes categories of productivity software.
Mon 16 Jul 12 from Arstechnica
New Steam categories suggest Valve may plan to offer applications
Keenly observant users have discovered categories in the Steam mobile app not found in the desktop client, namely sections like "Design and Illustration", "Photo Editing" and "Web Publishing". ...
Mon 16 Jul 12 from Techspot
Steam lists non-gaming categories, other apps coming?
In the nine years Valve’s Steam digital download service has been online it has offered nothing but games. Expansion has happened to include other platforms including Mac, and Linux support ...
Mon 16 Jul 12 from Geek.com
Steam store reveals a handful of new categories, hints at non-gaming app possibilities
Steam's Android app has thrown up a selection of new categories that point to the possibility of productivity apps and other types of non-gaming software being sold in the near-future. Ranging ...
Mon 16 Jul 12 from Engadget
Steam store search shows categories for non-gaming apps
The Steam app for Android shows a number of new categories that have little to do with gaming, which could be a shred of evidence that Valve is considering different kinds ...
Sun 15 Jul 12 from The Verge
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