steven36 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 RIP in peace — Remaining stock is sold out in Europe, "almost sold out in the US." Valve is quietly discontinuing Steam Link, the in-home streaming box it first launched in late 2015. A low-key announcement on Valve's Steam Link news page suggests that production of new units has ceased and that Valve is currently selling off the rest of its "almost sold out" inventory in the US, after selling out completely in Europe. Valve says it will continue to offer support for existing Steam Link hardware. The $50 Steam Link was designed for streaming games from a local gaming PC to an HDTV in the same house, a job it did pretty well provided your networking hardware was up to it. In recent months, though, Valve has shifted its focus away from dedicated streaming hardware and toward mobile apps that can provide the same feature. Apple is currently blocking the release of a Steam Link app designed for Apple TV and iOS devices, but similar apps are available for Samsung Galaxy devices and other Android phones (in beta). Steam users have been able to stream to laptops on the same network since 2014, as well. The discontinuation of Steam Link hardware wasn't a complete surprise, given that Valve was briefly selling the playing-card-deck-sized devices for a closeout price of $2.50 earlier this year. And though Valve insists it's "still working hard" on Linux gaming and bringing Windows game compatibility to SteamOS, Valve's much ballyhooed circa-2015 hardware initiative has not made a huge impact on the marketplace. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted November 22, 2018 Administrator Share Posted November 22, 2018 A lot got angry and a lot of them said that the app is better. I for one do not know if I have any Steam purchased game that I can play with a controller and Android TV box here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 this is sad, I own one and use it to play on my TV, it works perfect though I was disappointed they did not release a 4k version yet the app on android supports that though it has no hardware support to boost performance which is why the device was perfect to maintain connection stability, it was one of those devices which is worth its price unlike any other consoles out there although this is not a console in its own terms but was perfect to turn your tv to your monitor if you own a big 65inch tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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