PCG Article Valve just filed a new 'computer game software' trademark and the rumours are already flying

[Zed Clampet]

'Neon Prime' could be a new game, but it could also be almost anything else.

Sounds like some sort of service to me, like game streaming or game pass or something.

I hope it's an affordable way of streaming Steam games to your device. Between that and Game Pass streaming, I wouldn't have to buy gaming PCs anymore.

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[Brian Boru]

I wonder will Amazon object to that trademark?

 

[Colif]

Could just be a collection of Gabes family photos from their youth.

 

[Zloth]

Could just be a collection of Gabes family photos from their youth.

No, it does actually have to be something to do with video games. It could be a Steam for mobile phones, a new series of games, a service to play games in the cloud with your PC/phone/whatever acting as a dumb terminal, or a game about organizing Gabe's family photos.

Brian pointing to Amazon Prime makes me wonder if it will be some sort of subscription thing. Pay Steam $X/mo and you get access to Steam's ENTIRE catalog. (Plus free shipping! 😉) Hmmm, I wonder how much I've been spending on Steam per month?

 

[WoodenSaucer]

If you could end up streaming your Steam library to a console, that would be awesome, too.

I know it's not this, but if it's a new iteration of one of their games, at this point I think I'd rather have a Portal 3 than a Half-Life 3. I'm sure I'd be in the minority about that, though.

 

[Zimbaly]

Amazon is gonna buy Steam. 😈

 

[Brian Boru]

Amazon is gonna buy Steam. 😈

Not impossible. Gabe may be tired of it by now, and Amazon's whole gaming setup sucks.

 

[Sore But Whole]

I like and rely on mods too much to rely exclusively on a GP-type setup, but I acknowledge that they have their place and this will probably do well if that's what it is. But...

Could just be a collection of Gabes family photos from their youth.

I would definitely subscribe to this. Hopefully it rivals Warzone in storage space.

 

[Zloth]

Not impossible. Gabe may be tired of it by now, and Amazon's whole gaming setup sucks.

Now you're getting scarry!!

 

[Zimbaly]

5 bucks says if amazon ever buys steam it gets shut down in a year lol.

 

[Brian Boru]

5 bucks says if amazon ever buys steam it gets shut down in a year lol.

You're on! No way Amazon will be shut down that quickly 😛

 

[Zimbaly]

You're on! No way Amazon will be shut down that quickly 😛

No, but Steam might if Amazon buys it and that's 5 Canadian. If I lose I'll send ya an American quarter if it happens. That's about the value of our 5's lol

 

[Brian Boru]

I'll send ya an American quarter

One with Sally Ride, please 🙂

 

[WoodenSaucer]

One with Sally Ride, please 🙂

I was just reading about the Anna May Wong quarter today. I didn't even know they're doing this.