At first I was worried that this may corrupt my game data, but everything seemed intact when I booted the game back up.

Whenever I tried to shut down a game, I would get the “program not responding” message which would cause the game application to have to be manually shut down.

The only serious problem I ran into with Big Picture Mode was that certain games bogged down or failed to respond when I went to quit the title and return to Steam’s standard interface.

Other than that, the experience was great it was a luxury to have my graphically enhanced version of Borderlands 2 there on my TV with controller in hand. Performance for the most part was solid as I found the image not only looking pristine on my TV, but there were no hiccups despite a very slight input lag, which was only noticeable because I had my computer monitor next to the television. Personally I got a chance to test out the mode this weekend and found myself enjoying it immensely, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t run into a few speed bumps along the way. So it’s obvious the infrastructure of Steam’s new mode is clean, but how do games run on the big screen? It is hard to say at this point just how well Steam Big Picture Mode will perform on televisions. While Big Picture Mode is still in Beta everything feels so responsive and quick even exceeding the speed of console UI’s, the product is much more akin to a finished product than something still in development. In fact, in many ways, Big Picture Mode turns your television into a smart TV allowing users to quickly and easily browse their favorite websites at the click of a button and all from your living room. Even surfing the web or Twitter is a breeze. Honestly, there are very few gripes to have with this new setup.

Entering any of these features will draw up a tile layout that looks beautiful on television and navigates well with a controller. From there, users will be able to access the store, their game library, interact with Steam’s new community feature, or surf the web.

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