No it still sucks. it's not a standalone app. Even if it was, that would be weird buying games from a 3rd party service to play on Apple TV.Finally a way to make the Apple TV not suck at gaming. Don’t play many games on my Mac but I do have a steam account. Can definetly see myself using this often. Reviews seem to be pretty positive so far.
It meant for Steam. So when you launch it on your iOS or tvOS device, Steam will become full screen, and the game will be streamed to your device. However, you can still control your Mac. So you could go to your Mac and purposefully move the window so you're looking at a webpage or a video.At first you say 'you can play nearly any Steam game' then in the video you say 'you essentially get a live stream of what's on your computer screen. ... If another application pops up that's what you're going to see'. So which is it? Is it for playing games or is it a live stream for anything from games to apps to whatever? If the second quote is accurate, then this product is not really game-specific and the introduction should say so. I am actually totally confused if this product is in some way specific to games or if it's a generic streaming solution. If it's generic, I may buy it.
It will absolutely run on Windows, even in Bootcamp. So that shouldn't be an issue.Thanks, great review.
Questions to the testers: I assume this would work fine for the host machine to be the Mac running in Bootcamp? Given there are so many more games available for the PC, e.g. GTA V, I generally run Steam that way on my late 2013 6 core Mac Pro.
I realize I need the controller for the Apple TV but it sounds fun and I am tempted to get one. Regarding 4k, I have a 4K monitor as one of three screens on the 6 core Mac Pro using HDMI and running GTA V at 4K it slows down to about 30 f.p.s. from the 60 fps I get on the 2560 x 1440 size second monitor using Thunderbolt. Obviously I have the graphics set to high settings in GTA V. So given the Mac Pro has Catalyst on the two AMD GPUs and struggles at 4K, what Mac can stream to the Apple TV on a 4K TV at 60 f.p.s.? I have a new Mac Book Pro with Touch bar arriving any day, will that be better than the older Mac Pro? Or is this all about Bootcamp AMD drivers?
Good point about the thing being free. What I meant, but didn't say clearly, was that I might buy a more up-to-date Apple TV to be able to use it. But you also have the same ambiguity as the main article (1) 'It is meant for Steam' and (2) 'you can still control your Mac.' This is the same ambiguity in the article that confuses me. I don't care what the developers 'meant' it for, all I want is an accurate description of what it can do. I'm sorry to hear you say 'the audio is not going to go through' but then you also say 'Steam specifically routes the game audio' so once again I'm confused in that I don't know exactly what audio, if any, goes through. I'll be the first to admit I'm dim... so I need accurate and unambiguous product descriptions.It meant for Steam. So when you launch it on your iOS or tvOS device, Steam will become full screen, and the game will be streamed to your device. However, you can still control your Mac. So you could go to your Mac and purposefully move the window so you're looking at a webpage or a video.At first you say 'you can play nearly any Steam game' then in the video you say 'you essentially get a live stream of what's on your computer screen. ... If another application pops up that's what you're going to see'. So which is it? Is it for playing games or is it a live stream for anything from games to apps to whatever? If the second quote is accurate, then this product is not really game-specific and the introduction should say so. I am actually totally confused if this product is in some way specific to games or if it's a generic streaming solution. If it's generic, I may buy it.
BUT, the audio is not going to go through, you don't really have control of such stuff, and there are simply far better ways of screen sharing to your devices.
Steam specifically routes the game audio, and passes the controller inputs to the game.
Also, it's free. So this isn't something you have to go and drop money on. You can just use it and try it for yourself.