Tesla Drops Steam!

Tesla cars will no longer support Valve’s digital platform, but current car owners reportedly won’t be affected by the dissolution of Elon Musk and Gabe Newell’s company.

 

Electrek has reported that new Model S and Model X buyers have received a notice that support for Valve’s interface will soon end, meaning they won’t be able to play games on the screens of Tesla cars. (Did Microsoft inspire the naming scheme? They already S-ed and X-ed the Xbox One, so it didn’t start with the Xbox line…)

“Tesla is updating the gaming computer in your Model X, and your vehicle will no longer be able to play Steam games. All other entertainment and app functionality is unaffected,” reads a message sent to owners. Steam support allowed gamers to play on the car’s hardware, but don’t be alarmed: this feature only worked when the car was charging or parked. In 2022, a native Steam app from Tesla was also added to the car, making the Tesla-Valve tie-up look serious.

According to the message, older owners will not be affected by the “de-Steam-ification,” so previous customers should still be able to access both the app and Steam. By the way, Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter, gave CD Projekt a big boost in 2021, when the Polish company’s shares jumped on the stock market after Musk tweeted that Cyberpunk 2077 was playable on Tesla cars. A few years have passed since then, and a lot has changed (Musk bought Twitter, for example).

As for Valve, we’ve also reported on what Gabe Newell’s company has been up to lately: they’re reportedly working on a 6v6 game called Deadlock, which will have gameplay similar to Overwatch (heroes with unique abilities), and it’s unlikely that Valve will announce it until the studio feels ready to show it off.

Source: VGC, Electrek

Spread the love
Avatar photo
Anikó, our news editor and communication manager, is more interested in the business side of the gaming industry. She worked at banks, and she has a vast knowledge of business life. Still, she likes puzzle and story-oriented games, like Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments, which is her favourite title. She also played The Sims 3, but after accidentally killing a whole sim family, swore not to play it again. (For our office address, email and phone number check out our IMPRESSUM)

No comments

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

theGeek TV