Valve Uploads Steam Controller Unboxing Video, Launch Imminent
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Valve has quietly uploaded a Steam Controller unboxing video to the Steam platform. However, the video is currently unavailable for viewing, as attempting to play it results in a "This video has not been processed for streaming" message. This occurred late last night when one of the Valve watchers n...
    • 8dotpi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      15·
      1 day ago

      I might be missing some sarcasm, but if that’s not the case: the video is not available yet

    • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      20 hours ago

      Because the video it not available. It’s a report on the upload of the video to the Steam store database. Probably prep work for the launch announcement day.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        19 hours ago

        It’s probably unlisted on YouTube somewhere. I don’t know if there’s some sleuthing technique that can be used to find these videos although I suspect that if there was they wouldn’t have uploaded it yet.

        • Rooster326@programming.devEnglish
          41·
          18 hours ago

          Why would Steam, a company known for hosting millions(billions?) in content, need YouTube to host its own promotional material?

          • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
            3·
            15 hours ago

            Because every news site will want to include an embed of the video of the release and they can’t do that if it’s on Steam servers.

          • DragonOracleIX@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            16 hours ago

            In preparation to unlist it when it comes time to announce a proper release date for it. They likely will have it both on their servers to be used in steam’s frontend and on YouTube as free marketing.