@Gabe N. and Steam Team

[dovella]

Hi Steam , i love your store,
Are you ready for Windows 8 RT ? AKA Windows on ARM ?
Ready for METRO??

Thank you!!

^Domenico A.

[Mangr0v3]

I'm willing to bet they're not.

[Cattleclysm]

They'll eventually support it, but they'll leave it at that.

Don't think they'll support Metro though, it's just an insult to complex PC usage.

[Mangr0v3]

You can't run on Windows RT without being Metro, unless you're Microsoft.

[Jagged Tooth]

Valve may make a Metro interface for Steam. But Steam will not be available on Windows 8 ARM devices.

[mrblank]

And there is a massive amount of APIs blacklisted in the name of security, making it a even bigger no, unless you are MS.

http://www.virtualdub.org/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=365#body

[Mangr0v3]

I'm just happy the Registry APIs are gone.

Pity System.IO.Path.Combine is too.

[mrblank]

Oh well, seems the sanest solution for Metro: is to rewrite Steam in .NET/Mono.

Oh yeah, I thought there was restrictions in Metro on creating child processes (ie for Steam DRM).

[Mangr0v3]

Steam for Windows RT would have to be a companion application, such as Steam Mobile on iOS/Android.

[Moes]

I guess once things start getting made for that metro ui, I guess alot of us will not be gaming. Unless MS fixes that thing there calling windows 8 and gives us the proper function we've had for years and years.

[user9001]

dovella = dove + novella ? xD

[dovella]

No companion APP, i want Steam for Win RT and Steam Classic for X86.
You want only xbox Store for gaming in WinRT ?

[dovella]

PS. i see Resident Evil 5 in WinRT (demo) , work awesome ;-)