Tesla drops Steam gaming assist inside its automobiles

Tesla is telling new Mannequin S and Mannequin X patrons that they received’t have entry to Steam gaming inside their electrical automobiles.

Though Tesla has been investing closely into integrating video video games into its in-car leisure system, it nonetheless stunned many when Tesla stated earlier this 12 months that it deliberate to go so far as integrating Valve’s Steam, an internet online game retailer and distribution platform, in its automobiles.

Steam has such a big library of video games, together with excessive efficiency video games that haven’t been built-in into Tesla automobiles earlier than.

In late 2022, Tesla formally launched its Steam Beta native app in new Mannequin S and Mannequin X automobiles.

Nevertheless, we now be taught that Tesla is dropping the function. The automaker wrote to folks taking supply of latest Mannequin S and Mannequin X automobiles:

Tesla is updating the gaming pc in your Mannequin X and your automobile is not able to enjoying Steam video games. All different leisure and app functionalities are unaffected.

It doesn’t sound like present homeowners are affected by the change.

Tesla has been identified to drop current apps in new automobiles whereas conserving them in automobiles already delivered, just like the Disney Plus app.

Electrek’s Take

I’m not so stunned. Whereas it was an attention-grabbing thought, I’ve all the time maintained that if you wish to sport inside your Tesla, you’re higher off with a cellular gaming system, whether or not or not it’s a gaming laptop computer or Steam Deck or one thing like that.

Some video games are pleasant contained in the Tesla, however it’s a restricted gaming rig. Possibly it’s as a result of it’s a automotive.

I assume that Tesla noticed that only a few folks had been utilizing Steam inside its automobiles and dropped it.