It would seem that with the announced update to Steam, Valve has reportedly left some clues that a potential port of Steam to Mac OS X might actually be in the works. While Valve isn’t talking, our sources tell us that the beta has offered some clues that seem to indicate it could be in the works.

The decision to bring Steam to the Mac OS X platform really isn’t that surprising because a number of publishers are already using the Steam service to offer Mac versions of their titles. Publishers and developers such as Electronic Arts, id Software, PopCap Games, and Take-Two Interactive all offer Mac products and it could be an excellent way to ramp up gaming on the Mac OS X platform.

There is no word yet on whether this is actually the case or if the funding of some of this Mac related stuff has more to do with a multi-platform development tool that just happens to have those things in there as part of their package. Sources tell us that Valve has looked at the possibility of bringing Steam as well as some of their titles to the Mac OS X in the past, but no one from Valve has ever really gone on the record suggesting that internal discussions ever got beyond being talked about. We are sure that Valve will comment, as they will not want to keep the possibility alive if it isn’t going to happen.