Skilled boss child Elon Musk has a variety of…distinctive concepts (his latest resolution to simply cease paying hire on Twitter’s workplace as a “cost-cutting” measure stands amongst them), however no less than he isn’t afraid to decide to the bit. After almost a 12 months of Musk imagining a Valve-compatible Tesla, the electrical automobile firm has added Steam to its automobiles’ software program with a vacation replace issued December 13.
Tesla has been attempting to craft its automobiles into very fragile, costly gaming consoles for years. In 2018, Musk introduced that his firm was including Atari video games to their automobiles, which you might play whereas stationary. In 2019, you might play Cuphead; in 2020, Fallout Shelter; and in 2021, Musk claimed a Tesla Mannequin S and X was primarily a PS5 with wheels.
Theoretically, no less than. Latest mannequin updates shut some house owners out of enjoying classic video games within the scenic confines of a Walmart parking zone, and the PS5 factor by no means amounted to something substantial. This Steam integration is the closest Tesla house owners will get to enjoying Cyberpunk 2077 like Musk has been promising for over a 12 months, although it solely applies to Mannequin S and X automobiles inbuilt 2022 on “with 16GB DDR reminiscence, and requires Premium Connectivity,” launch notes say.
For automobiles that match the factors, house owners can entry Steam from the Tesla Arcade, sync their account to their automotive, and, positive, even play Cyberpunk, just like the confidently titled teaser video “Your Tesla is Now A Gaming Rig” suggests.
“If I ever determine to totally dwell in a automotive, this is able to be nice!” one enthusiastic YouTube commenter says. Since Musk, incomprehensibly one of many richest individuals on the planet, isn’t keen to pay his hire, this can be a good consideration for him, too.