Steam (And Portal) To Come Pre-Installed On Alienware PCs

By David Savage in Gaming News
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 9:03 am
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Valve is partnering with Dell to have their digital distribution platform, Steam, pre-installed on all Alienware PCs. Not only is this a huge step in a very right direction for Steam, but it gives Alienware some much needed press. No seriously, I don't think people realize they're still around.

Alienware may not be near the name their parent company Dell is in the computer world, but this is still a great move by Valve. It would be incredible to see this partnership work out and Dell include Steam in all their computers. 

That sort of deal could bring PC gaming into an entirely new demographic, perhaps allowing Dell and Valve to target casual gamers by including some easy-to-play, addictive games on Steam.

Seems the two companies could be thinking ahead of me because Portal will be included, pre-installed on all machines. That's casual to me, folks!

No doubt this is one pre-installed application gamers can welcome with open arms. I'm calling you out, Internet Explorer; please delete yourself from my computer because I'm not allowed to do so.

Am I the only one who can't wait to hear what Randy Pitchford has to say about this? He probably won't say it with the smile he's wearing in the title image.
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