Filip Novotny Valve, kamfanin da aka sani don jerin Half-Life ko Hagu 4 Matattu, yana da niyyar faɗaɗa kantin sayar da Steam ɗin sa zuwa aikace-aikacen da ba na wasa ba. Wannan na iya zama babbar gasa ta farko don Mac App Store.
Kamfanin Valve na Amurka, wanda asalinsa ya shahara ga jerin manyan nasarori kamar Half-Life, portal, Counter-Strike, Hagu 4 Matattu ko Ƙungiyar Ƙarfafawa, ba kawai mai haɓaka wasan bane. Shi ne mai shi kuma ma'aikacin kantin sayar da wasa mafi shahara. An yi niyya ta farko don tsarin aiki na Windows kawai, a farkon 2010 an faɗaɗa shi don haɗawa da Mac OS X. Nan gaba kaɗan, magoya bayan Linux yakamata su iya jira. Ga duk dandamali da aka ambata, ana iya siyan wasanni daga na'urori masu iOS, Android ko don na'ura wasan bidiyo na PlayStation 3.
Godiya ga kwaro a cikin Steam ta hannu wanda masu amfani suka gano a watan Yuli na wannan shekara cewa tabbas Valve zai fadada kantin sayar da shi zuwa aikace-aikacen da ba na wasa ba. Daga cikin nau'o'in gama-gari waɗanda aka rarraba wasanni, abubuwa kamar Gyara Hotuna, Adana littattafai, Ilimi, Zane da zane.
Ko da yake waɗannan nau'ikan sun sake ɓacewa bayan ɗan lokaci kaɗan, labarai game da faɗaɗa shirin da aka yi niyya sun riga sun yi zagaye na duk sabbin fasahohin fasaha. A farkon watan Agusta, Valve da kansa ya tabbatar da zato tare da sanarwa mai zuwa:
Turi yana faɗaɗa sama da wasanni
Jigon farko na taken software zai zo a ranar 5 ga Satumba
Agusta 8, 2012 - Valve, mahaliccin jerin wasanni masu nasara (kamar Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Hagu 4 Matattu, portal a Ƙungiyar Ƙarfafawa) da kuma manyan fasahohi (irin su Steam da Source), a yau sun sanar da layin farko na lakabin software wanda ke zuwa Steam, yana kaddamar da wani babban fadada dandalin da aka fi sani da babbar manufa don wasan PC da Mac.
Lakabin software da ke kan hanyar Steam sun faɗi cikin nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan, daga kayan aikin ƙirƙira zuwa haɓaka aiki. Yawancin taken ƙaddamarwa za su yi amfani da fa'idar shahararrun abubuwan Steamworks, kamar shigarwa mai sauƙi, sabuntawa ta atomatik, ko ikon adana aikin ku zuwa sararin Cloud Cloud na ku na sirri, don haka fayilolinku su iya tafiya tare da ku.
Bayan ƙaddamar da sabis ɗin a ranar 5 ga Satumba, za a ƙara ƙarin taken software a hankali kuma za a ƙyale masu haɓakawa su ƙaddamar da taken software ta hanyar Steam Greenlight.
"'Yan wasa miliyan 40 da suka ziyarci Steam suna sha'awar fiye da wasanni kawai," in ji Valve's Mark Richardson. "Masu amfani sun kasance suna gaya mana cewa suna son ganin ƙarin software akan Steam, don haka wannan faɗaɗa yana amsa buƙatun abokin ciniki."
Don ƙarin bayani ziyarci www.steampowered.com.
Ko da yake akwai riga da dama madadin zuwa hukuma Mac App Store (Bodega, Direct2Drive), babu wani daga cikinsu da ya yi nasara a kowace muhimmiyar hanya tare da jama'a. Koyaya, Steam ya cancanci kulawa ta musamman kamar yadda ya sami nasarar zama dandamali tare da 70-80% na duk rarraba wasan dijital a cikin 'yan shekaru kaɗan. Wannan ya sa ya zama mai yiwuwa babban mai fafatawa don ginannen kantin sayar da Mac. Masu haɓakawa za su iya amfani da shi idan ba sa son sake rubuta aikace-aikacen su bisa ga sabbin ƙa'idodin Apple, kamar tilas ɗin sandboxing. Valve na iya ba su sauƙi mai sauƙi na aikin su ta hanyar Steam Greenlight, wanda yawancin masu ƙirƙira masu zaman kansu sun riga sun gwada tare da wasannin indie. Za su iya yin amfani da sabuntawa ta atomatik, waɗanda kuma an fara su kafin aikace-aikacen kanta, don haka sun zama dole. Hakanan yana ba da, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, babban al'umma akan dandalin tattaunawa.
A gefe guda, Steam kuma zai sami wasu rashin amfani idan aka kwatanta da Mac App Store. Na farko, tallafin iCloud zai ɓace, wanda tabbas ba zai faranta wa waɗanda ke amfani da na'urorin Apple da yawa ba. Masu haɓakawa ne kawai waɗanda ke ba da aikace-aikacen sandbox ɗin su akan kantin sayar da kayan aiki na iya dogaro da tallafin sa. Kodayake yana yiwuwa a yi amfani da sabis na Steam Cloud maimakon, har yanzu bai kai ga mafita daga Apple ba. Don wannan dalili, masu haɓakawa za su yi ba tare da sanarwar turawa ba. Dukansu kurakuran za su haifar da aikace-aikacen da aka shirya ta Steam ba za su iya haɗawa gaba ɗaya zuwa na'urorin iOS ba, saboda wataƙila ba za su iya samun damar fayiloli a cikin Steam Cloud ba kuma ba za su iya aika sanarwar turawa zuwa gare su ba.
Duk da wasu gazawa, yana yiwuwa Steam zai girma zuwa gasa ta farko ta Mac App Store. Matsayin farin jini na sabon dandalin zai zama ɗan alamar ko Apple ya ɗauki ɗan ƙaramin cizo daga kasuwancinsa na Mac. Yawancin masu haɓakawa suna jinkirta sakin a cikin kantin sayar da hukuma don dalilai daban-daban, kuma Steam zai iya zama madadin su. Bari mu yi mamaki a ranar 5 ga Satumba.
Wannan yana da kyau, amma abin da Steam akan Mac yake buƙata shine (wataƙila) sake rubuta lambar, saboda yana da jinkirin jinkirin (a kan MacBook mid2010 2.4GHz)
Apple ya sayi Valve.
Ina tsammanin ba zai zama mai sauƙi ba, Gabe (Daraktan Valve) shine kusan mutum na 100 mafi arziki kuma ko da suna da isassun kuɗi don Valve (watakila ya kamata) Ina tsammanin Valve zai ƙi shi. Gara in saya Samsung:D
Me game da iCloud? Na yi tunanin cewa akwai API don shi kuma a'a, cewa yana da sharadi akan siyar da aikace-aikacen akan App Store ... ??
Ba zan damu sosai game da shi ba, idan ya fara damun Apple, za su soke su kawai kuma ba za a tallafa musu ga kowane dandamali na su ba.