UFiliphu Novotny I-Valve, inkampani eyaziwa ngochungechunge Ukuphila okungaphelele noma Kwesobunxele be-4 Abafile, ihlose ukwandisa isitolo sayo seSteam nasezinhlelweni ezingezona ezomdlalo. Lona kungaba umncintiswano wokuqala obalulekile we-Mac App Store.
Inkampani yaseMelika iValve, eyaqala ukuduma ngochungechunge oluphumelele kakhulu njenge Ukuphila okungaphelele, Portal, Counter Strike-, Kwesobunxele be-4 Abafile noma I-Fort Fortress, akaseyena nje umthuthukisi wegeyimu. Ungumnikazi no-opharetha wesitolo segeyimu esidume kakhulu. Ukunikezwa kwayo kokuqala kwakuhloselwe kuphela isistimu yokusebenza ye-Windows, ekuqaleni kuka-2010 yanwetshwa ukuze ifake i-Mac OS X. Esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, abalandeli be-Linux kufanele futhi bakwazi ukulinda. Kuwo wonke amapulatifomu ashiwo, imidlalo ingabuye ithengwe kumadivayisi ane-iOS, i-Android noma ikhonsoli ye-PlayStation 3.
Kube ngenxa yesiphazamisi kuSteam yeselula abasebenzisi abathola ngoJulayi walo nyaka ukuthi i-Valve cishe izonweba isitolo sayo nakwizicelo ezingezona ezomdlalo. Phakathi kwezigaba ezijwayelekile lapho imidlalo ihlukaniswa khona, izinto ezifana nalezi Hlela Izithombe, Ukugcinwa kwamabhuku, Imfundo, Umklamo nemifanekiso.
Nakuba lezi zigaba zaphinde zanyamalala ngemva kwesikhashana, izindaba mayelana nokwandiswa okuhleliwe sezivele zisakazwa kuwo wonke amaseva ezobuchwepheshe. Ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti, i-Valve ngokwayo yaqinisekisa imibono ngesitatimende esilandelayo:
I-Steam inweba ngaphezu kwemidlalo
Uhlu lokwethulwa kwezihloko zesoftware luzofika ngoSepthemba 5
Agasti 8, 2012 - I-Valve, umdali wochungechunge lwegeyimu oluphumelele kakhulu (njenge Counter Strike-, Ukuphila okungaphelele, Kwesobunxele be-4 Abafile, Portal a I-Fort Fortress) nobuchwepheshe obuphambili (obufana ne-Steam kanye Nomthombo), namuhla bamemezele umugqa wokuqala wezihloko zesoftware eziya kuSteam, beqala ukunwetshwa okukhulu kweplatifomu eyaziwa kakhulu njengendawo ehamba phambili yemidlalo ye-PC ne-Mac.
Izihloko zesofthiwe eziya kuSteam ziwela ezigabeni ezihlukahlukene, kusukela kumathuluzi okudala kuye ekukhiqizeni. Izihloko eziningi zokwethulwa zizosebenzisa ngokunenzuzo izici ezidumile ze-Steamworks, njengokufakwa kalula, izibuyekezo ezizenzakalelayo, noma ikhono lokulondoloza umsebenzi wakho endaweni yakho yomuntu siqu ye-Steam Cloud, ukuze amafayela akho akwazi ukuhamba nawe.
Ngemva kokwethulwa kwenkonzo ngoSepthemba 5, izihloko ezengeziwe zesofthiwe zizongezwa kancane kancane futhi abathuthukisi bazovunyelwa ukuhambisa izihloko zesofthiwe ngeSteam Greenlight.
"Abadlali abayizigidi ezingama-40 abavakashela iSteam banentshisekelo kokungaphezu nje kwemidlalo," kusho uMark Richardson weValve. "Abasebenzisi bebelokhu besitshela ukuthi bangathanda ukubona isoftware yabo ethe xaxa kuSteam, ngakho lokhu kunwetshwa kuphendulwa izicelo zamakhasimende."
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe vakashela www.steampowered.com.
Nakuba sekuvele kunezinye izindlela ezimbalwa ze-Mac App Store esemthethweni (Bodega, Direct2Drive), ayikho kuzo ephumelele nganoma iyiphi indlela ebalulekile nomphakathi. Kodwa-ke, iSteam idinga ukunakwa okukhethekile njengoba ikwazile ukuba yinkundla enama-70-80% akho konke ukusatshalaliswa kwemidlalo yedijithali eminyakeni embalwa nje. Lokhu kuyenza ibe yimbangi enkulu kunazo zonke esitolo esakhelwe ngaphakathi se-Mac. Onjiniyela bangaphendukela kuyo uma bengafuni ukubhala kabusha uhlelo lwabo lokusebenza ngokuya ngezindinganiso ezintsha ze-Apple, njenge-sandboxing eyisibopho. I-Valve ingabanikeza ukuhanjiswa okulula komsebenzi wabo nge-Steam Greenlight, abadali abaningi abazimele asebeyizamile kakade ngemidlalo yabo ye-indie. Bangakwazi ukusizakala ngezibuyekezo ezizenzakalelayo, nazo eziqalwa ngaphambi kwesicelo ngokwaso, ngakho-ke ziyimpoqo ngempela. Iphinde inikeze, phakathi kwezinye izinto, umphakathi omkhulu ezinkundleni zezingxoxo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iSteam izophinde ibe nokubi okuthile uma kuqhathaniswa ne-Mac App Store. Okokuqala, ukusekelwa kwe-iCloud kuzobe kungekho, okungeke kujabulise labo abasebenzisa amadivayisi amaningi we-Apple. Onjiniyela kuphela abanikezela ngesicelo sabo se-sandboxed esitolo esisemthethweni abangathembela ekusekeleni kwayo. Yize kungenzeka ukusebenzisa izinsizakalo ze-Steam Cloud esikhundleni salokho, akukabi kude nesixazululo esivela ku-Apple. Ngesizathu esifanayo, onjiniyela kuzodingeka benze ngaphandle kwezaziso zohlelo lokusebenza. Womabili amaphutha azoholela ekutheni izinhlelo zokusebenza eziphethwe yiSteam zingakwazi ukuxhuma ngokugcwele kumadivayisi e-iOS, njengoba kungenzeka zingakwazi ukufinyelela amafayela ku-Steam Cloud futhi ngeke zikwazi ukuthumela izaziso zohlelo lokusebenza kuzo.
Naphezu kokushiyeka okuthile, kungenzeka ukuthi iSteam izokhula ibe umncintiswano wangempela wokuqala we-Mac App Store. Izinga lokuduma kweplatifomu entsha lizoba wuphawu lokuthi i-Apple ithathe kancane ebhizinisini layo le-Mac. Abathuthukisi abaningi babambezela ukukhishwa esitolo esisemthethweni ngezizathu ezahlukahlukene, futhi iSteam ingaba enye indlela esebenzayo kubo. Masimangale ngoSepthemba 5.
Kuhle lokho, kepha okudingwa yiSteam ku-Mac (mhlawumbe) ukubhala kabusha ikhodi, ngoba ihamba kancane (kuMacBook maphakathi no-2010 2.4GHz)
I-Apple ithenga iValve.
Ngicabanga ukuthi bekungeke kube lula kangako, uGabe (umqondisi weValve) umayelana nomuntu we-100 ocebe kakhulu futhi noma ngabe bebenemali eyanele yeValve (cishe kufanele) ngicabanga ukuthi iValve izoyenqaba. Ngingathanda ukuthenga i-Samsung :D
Kuthiwani nge-iCloud? Bengicabanga ukuthi kukhona i-API yayo futhi cha, ukuthi yayinemibandela ekuthengisweni kohlelo lokusebenza ku-App Store... ??
Ngeke ngikhathazeke ngakho, uma iqala ukukhathaza i-Apple, bazovele bayikhansele futhi ngeke basekelwe kunoma yiziphi izinkundla zabo.