- Amafayela angu-12 TB avela ku-Valve kanye nabantu besithathu aphumile, aqukethe izinto kusukela ngo-2003 kuya ku-2013.
- Kwakungekho ukuhlaselwa kwe-cyber: indawo yomphakathi yengqalasizinda endala ye-Steam2 yashiywa ifinyeleleka kalula.
- Kuvela ukwakhiwa kwasekuqaleni kwe-Portal 2, Left 4 Dead, CS:GO, futhi kunezinkomba ze-Half-Life 2: Isiqephu 3.
- I-Valve ayikhiphanga noma yiziphi izitatimende ezisemthethweni futhi umphakathi uyaqhubeka nokuhlaziya okuqukethwe.
Impelasonto edlule, umphakathi wemidlalo yama-PC wawubhekene nokushaqeka okukhulu: ukuvuza okukhulu kwedatha ehlobene ne-Steam okungama-terabyte angu-12 kwembulwe, futhi ngokuqinisekile kuguqule umhlaba wemidlalo. Lokhu akuyona nje ukwephulwa kwedatha okulula; kuyingcebo yangempela esukela ngo-2003 kuya ku-2013, equkethe izinto zangaphakathi ezivela ku-Valve kanye nabashicileli abaningi abakhiphe izihloko zabo epulatifomu phakathi naleyo minyaka eyishumi. Isici esiphawuleka kakhulu ukuthi, ngokusho kokuhlaziywa kokuqala, akukho ukugenca okuhilelekile ; konke kukhomba iphutha lokucushwa eliveze umnyango ongemuva engqalasizinda endala yenkampani.
Lezi zindaba zisakazeke njengomlilo wequbula ezinkundleni zokuxhumana nasezinkundleni ezikhethekile. UGabe Follower, umbambi wedatha odumile, wayengomunye wabokuqala ukuphakamisa i-alamu, futhi izitatimende zakhe zithathwe yimithombo yezindaba eminingi. Ngokusho kwakhe, amafayela abekwe endaweni yomphakathi yenethiwekhi endala yeSteam2 , ngaphandle kwephasiwedi noma ukuqinisekiswa. Ngamanye amazwi, noma ubani owayazi ukuthi angabheka kuphi angawalanda. Le mininingwane ichaza ukuthi kungani idatha iyeka ngo-2013: kwakuwunyaka iValve eyathuthela ohlelweni lwayo lwamanje, iSteamPipe, ishiya ingqalasizinda yangaphambilini ngemuva. Le nkampani ayikakhiphi isitatimende esisemthethweni, kodwa ubukhulu besigameko sebuvele bubangele impikiswano enkulu mayelana nokuphepha kwedatha yomlando.
Yini ngempela equkethwe yifayela elivuzayo?
Inani lolwazi liyamangalisa. Kunezinkulungwane zezindawo zokugcina (ama-depots) ezifaka phakathi izinguqulo ze-beta, ama-prototypes, izakhiwo zokuthuthukiswa, amamephu alahliwe, ingxoxo ehlukile, nokunye okuningi. Imidlalo yama-valve ithole ukunakwa okukhulu , futhi ngesizathu esihle. Ukwakhiwa kokuqala kwe-Portal 2 kutholakale ngemishini ehluke ngokuphelele ezinguqulweni zokugcina, njengejeli enamathelayo noma imodi yokuhamba kancane engakaze isetshenziswe. Izinguqulo ze-Left 4 Dead kusukela ngo-2008 nazo zivele ngezixhumi namazinga ahlukene, futhi izinto ze-alpha ezivela ku-Counter-Strike: Global Offensive zibonisa isixhumi esiseduze nenjini yomthombo wokuqala.
Enye yezinto ezitholwe kakhulu yiProject F-Stop, i-Portal spin-off ekhanseliwe eyayizojikeleza ikhamera. Amafayela avuzayo afaka amamodeli, imidwebo, ngisho nokwakhiwa okudlalwayo , okunikeza abalandeli umbono ngalokho iValve eyayinakho ngaphambi kokuqondisa leyo mibono ku-Portal 2. Izinkomba ze- Half-Life 3 kanye nezimpahla ezivela ku-Episode 3 , isiqephu esidumile esingakaze sikhishwe, nazo zitholakale. Nakuba ukwakhiwa okuphelele kungakatholakali, izimpahla, izinto ezifana nesibhamu seqhwa, nezinye izinto ziphakamisa ukuthi iphrojekthi yayihambe kakhulu kunalokho okwakucatshangwa ngaphambili. Umphakathi uyaqhubeka nokuhlola idatha, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi kuvele ezinye izinto ezimangazayo ezinsukwini ezizayo.
Umthelela kubantu besithathu kanye nemiphumela yezomthetho
Akuzona zonke izinto ezivuvukile ezivela kuValve. Iphinde ihlanganise okuqukethwe okuvela kubashicileli abakhiphe imidlalo yabo kuSteam phakathi kuka-2003 no-2013. Izinguqulo zokuqala zezihloko ezifana ne-Call of Duty, Resident Evil , Sonic the Hedgehog, Mirror's Edge, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Spore, Fallout: New Vegas, kanye ne-Civilization, phakathi kwezinye eziningi, ziye zatholakala. Lokhu kuphakamise ukukhathazeka embonini ngoba akuyona nje ikhodi yobunikazi beValve, kodwa futhi nempahla enamalungelo okushicilela evela ezinkampanini zangaphandle. Umhlaziyi onamava uTyler McVicker uxwayise ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukuthi ukuphatha lawa mafayela kungaba yingozi ngokomthetho futhi weluleke abantu ukuba bawagweme ukuze bavimbele izinkinga.
Indlela okuvuza ngayo nakho kuphakamise ukukhathazeka. Nakuba kungekho okubonisa ukuthi idatha yomuntu siqu yomsebenzisi, amaphasiwedi, noma ulwazi lokukhokha seludaluliwe, iqiniso lokuthi ingqalasizinda endala yahlala ifinyeleleka iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi kuwukwephulwa okukhulu kokuphepha. Abathuthukisi abashicilele imidlalo ku-Steam phakathi naleso sikhathi bangase babe nezinto zabo zangaphakathi ezisengozini , futhi kungenzeka ukuthi amanye ama-endpoint afanayo aqukethe ulwazi olubucayi awakwazi ukukhishwa ngaphandle. Umphakathi we-datamine, ngakolunye uhlangothi, usuqalile ukuqoqa konke okuqukethwe ezindaweni zokugcina ezisebenzisanayo, futhi uhlu olunezinkulungwane zezinto ezifakiwe seluvele lusakazeka.
Kusho ukuthini lokhu ngekusasa le-Steam?
Kuze kube manje, i-Valve ithule. Le nkampani ivame ukufihla kakhulu ngezinqubo zayo zangaphakathi, futhi bekungeke kumangaze uma bezinika isikhathi sokuphawula. Okusobala ukuthi lokhu kuvuza kuyingqophamlando emlandweni wemidlalo yevidiyo , okuqhathaniswa nokunye ukwephulwa kwedatha okukhulu njengokwe-GTA VI, yize kunomehluko owodwa obalulekile: lapha bekungekho zigebengu ze-inthanethi, kodwa kunalokho kuwukungaziphathi kahle okukhulu. Lokhu okuqukethwe sekuneminyaka engaphezu kweshumi ubudala, ngakho-ke ingozi esheshayo ekuphepheni kwezinhlelo zamanje iphansi, kodwa inani layo lomlando namasiko alinakubalwa. Abalandeli sebevele behlanganyela ekuvubukuleni kwedijithali, behlola ama-beta angakaze abone ukukhanya kwelanga futhi bethola izimfihlo okwakucatshangwa ukuthi zilahlekile.
Ubukhulu bengobo yomlando busho ukuthi ukuhlaziywa okuphelele kuzothatha amasonto, ngisho nezinyanga. Cishe sizokwembula okutholakele okusha kancane kancane , futhi ngeke kumangaze ukubona ezinye izimanga ezihlobene namaphrojekthi akhanseliwe noma ezinye izinhlobo zemidlalo eyaziwayo. Okwamanje, umphakathi uyaqhubeka nokuxoxisana ngemiphumela yezomthetho neyokuziphatha yokufinyelela lokhu okuqukethwe, nokuthi kuzothinta kanjani ukwethenjwa kwepulatifomu. Okungekho muntu ophikisayo ukuthi sibheka enye yengcebo enkulu emlandweni wemidlalo ye-PC, nokuthi ukutholakala kwayo kwenzeke ngephutha, ngokumangalisayo, elivule ifasitela lesikhathi esidlule abaningi ababekholelwa ukuthi sivaliwe unomphela.
Ekugcineni, ukuvuza kwe-12 TB Steam kugqamise ubuthakathaka bokuphepha kwengqalasizinda endala, kodwa futhi kunikeze abalandeli ithuba eliyingqayizivele lokuhlola intuthuko yeminye yemidlalo enethonya elikhulu emlandweni. Uma kungekho mpendulo esemthethweni evela kuValve, umphakathi uzoqhubeka nokuphenya nokwabelana ngokutholakele, futhi lesi sihloko cishe sizodala ingxoxo eningi emasontweni azayo. Okusobala ukuthi, ngisho nangaphandle kokuphamba, umthelela waleli phutha uzokhunjulwa isikhathi eside.
