Filip Novotny Valve, kampani yomwe imadziwika ndi mndandanda Theka lamoyo kapena Lamanzere 4 Dead, ikufuna kukulitsa sitolo yake ya Steam ku mapulogalamu omwe simasewera. Uwu ukhoza kukhala mpikisano waukulu woyamba pa Mac App Store.
Kampani yaku America Valve, yomwe poyamba idadziwika chifukwa chochita bwino kwambiri monga Theka lamoyo, Portal, Potsimikizira-Menyani, Lamanzere 4 Dead kapena Team Fortress, salinso wopanga masewera chabe. Iye ndiye mwini wake komanso wogwiritsa ntchito sitolo yotchuka kwambiri yamasewera. Kupereka kwake koyambirira kunapangidwira kokha kwa Windows opaleshoni dongosolo, kumayambiriro kwa 2010 idakulitsidwa kuti ikhale ndi Mac OS X. Posachedwapa, mafani a Linux ayeneranso kuyembekezera. Pamapulatifomu onse otchulidwa, masewera amathanso kugulidwa kuchokera kuzipangizo zomwe zili ndi iOS, Android kapena PlayStation 3 console.
Zinali chifukwa cha cholakwika mu Steam chomwe ogwiritsa ntchito adapeza mu Julayi chaka chino kuti Valve mwina ikulitsa sitolo yake ku mapulogalamu omwe simasewera. Pakati pa magulu omwe masewera amagawidwa, zinthu monga Sinthani Zithunzi, Kusunga mabuku, Maphunziro, Mapangidwe ndi mafanizo.
Ngakhale kuti maguluwa adasowanso patapita nthawi yochepa, nkhani zokhudzana ndi kuwonjezereka kokonzekera zapanga kale ma seva onse aukadaulo. Kumayambiriro kwa Ogasiti, Valve yokha idatsimikizira malingaliro ndi mawu awa:
Steam ikukula kupitilira masewera
Kutsegulira kwa maudindo a pulogalamuyo kudzafika pa Seputembara 5
Ogasiti 8, 2012 - Vavu, wopanga masewera opambana kwambiri (monga Potsimikizira-Menyani, Theka lamoyo, Lamanzere 4 Dead, Portal a Team Fortress) ndi matekinoloje otsogola (monga Steam ndi Source), lero alengeza mzere woyamba wa mitu ya mapulogalamu opita ku Steam, ndikuyambitsa kukulitsa kwakukulu kwa nsanja yomwe imadziwika bwino kuti ndiyomwe ikutsogolera masewera a PC ndi Mac.
Mitu yamapulogalamu yopita ku Steam imagwera m'magulu osiyanasiyana, kuyambira pazida zopanga mpaka pakupanga. Maina ambiri otsegulira atenga mwayi pazinthu zodziwika bwino za Steamworks, monga kuyika kosavuta, zosintha zokha, kapena kuthekera kosunga ntchito yanu pamalo anu a Steam Cloud, kuti mafayilo anu aziyenda nanu.
Pambuyo pa msonkhanowu pa September 5th, maudindo ambiri a mapulogalamu adzawonjezedwa pang'onopang'ono ndipo opanga adzaloledwa kutumiza maudindo a mapulogalamu kudzera pa Steam Greenlight.
"Osewera 40 miliyoni omwe amapita ku Steam ali ndi chidwi ndi zoposa masewera," akutero a Mark Richardson wa Valve. "Ogwiritsa ntchito akhala akutiuza kuti akufuna kuwona zambiri za pulogalamu yawo pa Steam, kotero kukulitsa uku ndikuyankha zopempha zamakasitomala."
Kuti mudziwe zambiri pitani www.steampowered.com.
Ngakhale pali kale njira zingapo zosinthira Mac App Store yovomerezeka (Bodega, Direct2Drive), palibe m'modzi mwa iwo omwe adachitapo bwino pagulu lililonse. Komabe, Steam imayenera kusamala kwambiri, chifukwa yatha kukhala nsanja yokhala ndi 70-80% ya magawo onse amasewera a digito m'zaka zochepa chabe. Izi zimapangitsa kuti ikhale yotsutsana kwambiri ndi malo ogulitsira a Mac. Madivelopa atha kuchitapo kanthu ngati sakufuna kulembanso ntchito yawo molingana ndi miyezo yatsopano ya Apple, monga sandboxing yovomerezeka. Vavu ikhoza kuwapatsa kugonjera kosavuta kwa ntchito yawo kudzera mu Steam Greenlight, yomwe opanga ambiri odziyimira pawokha ayesa kale ndi masewera awo a indie. Atha kupezerapo mwayi pazosintha zokha, zomwe zimayambikanso pulogalamuyo isanayambike, chifukwa chake ndizovomerezeka. Imaperekanso, mwa zina, gulu lalikulu pamabwalo amakambirano.
Kumbali inayi, Steam idzakhalanso ndi zovuta zina poyerekeza ndi Mac App Store. Choyamba, thandizo la iCloud lidzasowa, zomwe sizingasangalatse iwo omwe amagwiritsa ntchito zida zingapo za Apple. Madivelopa okhawo omwe amapereka sandboxed application yawo pa malo ogulitsira angadalire thandizo lake. Ngakhale ndizotheka kugwiritsa ntchito ntchito za Steam Cloud m'malo mwake, sikuli kutali ndi yankho la Apple. Pazifukwa zomwezo, opanga akuyenera kuchita popanda zidziwitso zokankhira. Zolakwika zonsezi zipangitsa kuti mapulogalamu omwe ali ndi Steam asathe kulumikizana kwathunthu ndi zida za iOS, chifukwa mwina sangathe kupeza mafayilo mu Steam Cloud ndipo sangathe kutumiza zidziwitso zokankhira kwa iwo.
Ngakhale pali zofooka zina, ndizotheka kuti Steam ikukula kukhala mpikisano weniweni wa Mac App Store. Kutchuka kwa nsanja yatsopanoyi kudzakhala chizindikiro chosonyeza ngati Apple yakhala ikuluma pang'ono pabizinesi yake ya Mac. Madivelopa ambiri akuchedwa kutulutsidwa m'sitolo yovomerezeka pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana, ndipo Steam ikhoza kukhala njira ina yabwino kwa iwo. Tiyeni tidabwe pa Seputembara 5.
Ndizo zabwino, koma zomwe Steam pa Mac imafunikira (mwina) ndikulembanso kachidindo, chifukwa imachedwa kwambiri (pa MacBook mid2010 2.4GHz)
Apple imagula Valve.
Ndikuganiza kuti sizingakhale zophweka, Gabe (wotsogolera valavu) ali pafupi ndi munthu wolemera kwambiri wa 100 ndipo ngakhale atakhala ndi ndalama zokwanira Valve (mwina ayenera) ndikuganiza kuti Valve angakane. Ndikufuna kugula Samsung :D
Nanga bwanji iCloud? Ndinkaganiza kuti panali API yake ndipo ayi, kuti zinali zovomerezeka pakugulitsa pulogalamuyi pa App Store... ??
Sindingakhale ndi nkhawa nazo, ngati ziyamba kuvutitsa Apple, azingowaletsa ndipo sadzathandizidwa pa nsanja zawo zilizonse.