Elon Musk says Tesla is getting closer to integrating Valve’s Steam to take its in-car gaming platform to a whole new level.

We know Tesla has invested heavily in integrating video games into its in-car entertainment system, but it still surprised many when Tesla said earlier this year it planned to go as far as integrating Valve’s Steam, an online service. video game store and distribution platform, in its vehicles.

It would result in a huge increase in games that can be played in Tesla vehicles.

This week, CEO Elon Musk said Tesla is getting closer to achieving Steam integration and the automaker is aiming for a demonstration next month:

The demonstration will likely include a number of computer-intensive video games to showcase the gaming capability in Tesla vehicles.

Tesla enters the video game business

As we previously reported, Tesla has a team of software engineers working on video games in Seattle, and they recently started building a similar team in Austin.

The automaker has built a video game platform called Tesla Arcade into its vehicles and has worked with video game studios to port games to it.

Right now, it’s mainly aimed at adding some value to its ownership experience, but Tesla may have bigger plans for gaming in its vehicles.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently indicated that he believes “entertainment will be key when cars drive themselves,” which he thinks Tesla can achieve later this year.

In preparation for that, the automaker has released more video games in its Tesla Arcade and has hinted that it can turn it into a business.

We’ve seen indications that Tesla plans to offer paid packages of several video games in its vehicles, which would work in the same company as Valve’s Steam, the Playstation Store or the Xbox Live store.

But it seems Tesla is betting on Steam integration instead.

New Tesla game computer

With the unveiling of the new Model S and Model X, Tesla has announced a new in-vehicle game console:

Up to 10 teraflops of processing power enables in-car gaming comparable to today’s latest consoles via Tesla Arcade. Thanks to the compatibility of the wireless controller, you can game from any seat.

Patrick Schur, a well-known chip lover, placed a diagram from Tesla’s new game console powered by the AMD Navi 23 GPU:

The system is integrated and connects directly to two touchscreens in the Model S and Model X to play games, watch entertainment and perform some other functions:

CEO Elon Musk also revealed that the new computer has more storage space to handle more games on the platform at the same time.

The videocardz website compared the specs to existing latest-generation consoles – showing that it is indeed a good match based on the specs available:

Tesla is expected to leverage this new hardware to expand its in-car video game experience.

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