Forleden afslørede vi at Steam Link, der gør det muligt at streame spillene fra din PC til din smartphone eller tablet, snart ville udkomme på både Android og iOS, men det lader til at det bliver svært for Valve at udgive applikationen på iOS.
Udvikleren har nemlig afsløret, at Apple ikke bare én, men hele to gange har afvist at få publiseret Steam Link på deres Store. Valve har i anledning af dette bragt denne udmelding:
"On Monday, May 7th, Apple approved the Steam Link app for release. On Weds, May 9th, Valve released news of the app. The following morning, Apple revoked its approval citing business conflicts with app guidelines that had allegedly not been realized by the original review team. Valve appealed, explaining the Steam Link app simply functions as a LAN-based remote desktop similar to numerous remote desktop applications already available on the App Store. Ultimately, that appeal was denied leaving the Steam Link app for iOS blocked from release. The team here spent many hours on this project and the approval process, so we're clearly disappointed. But we hope Apple will reconsider in the future."
Der er allerede andre applikationer på iOS butikken der tillader denne funktion, så det står uklart for Valve hvorfor Apple har nægtet at udgive Steam Link. Benytter du dig af en Android telefon er der dog gode nyheder, da applikationen er udgivet på Google Play og klar til hentning.