Valve building their own Android for games is not beneficial to Linux. I don’t know how many times do you guys need to be surprised.
If publishers felt they were being ripped off, they could go elsewhere
They must be perfectly happy with those 30% then! It’s not that gamers sit out any non-Steam exclusive.
I’m not going to argue any further because it’s pointless. I wanted you to learn on somebody else’s mistakes but you’re very set on repeating them yourself before that.
Valve building their own Android for games is not beneficial to Linux. I don’t know how many times do you guys need to be surprised.
? When did I suggest they did anything of the sort?
SteamOS is just Linux running Steam in Big Picture mode in a separate virtual desktop from desktop mode, with the root fs in read-only mode to prevent users from bricking it by tinkering. That’s it, you can get pretty much the same thing with Bazzite. I use Linux on my desktop (openSUSE Tumbleweed), and games run the same as on my Steam Deck, but I could also get the same setup as SteamOS if I used something like openSUSE Kalpa (KDE) or Aeon (GNOME), which also has a read-only filesystem.
I’m not going to argue any further because it’s pointless
Well yeah, because every point you’ve brought up is either wrong or completely overblown.
I really don’t understand what “mistakes” you’re talking about. Steam offers a great service, better than everyone else. If that stops being true, I’ll buy my games on another service. I was just fine w/o Steam for years when I first switched to Linux, and I’ll be just fine w/o Steam if they ever screw the pooch. For now, they have an excellent service for users, publishers, and developers, and their competition is subpar for all three.
I have hundreds of free games from EGS and hundreds of games on GOG, so I won’t be hurting for something to play if Steam ever decides to go evil. But for now, I’m getting really good value for the money I spend, because gaming on my OS of choice is way better thanks to Valve’s investment, and I have no problem rewarding that.
Valve building their own Android for games is not beneficial to Linux. I don’t know how many times do you guys need to be surprised.
They must be perfectly happy with those 30% then! It’s not that gamers sit out any non-Steam exclusive.
I’m not going to argue any further because it’s pointless. I wanted you to learn on somebody else’s mistakes but you’re very set on repeating them yourself before that.
? When did I suggest they did anything of the sort?
SteamOS is just Linux running Steam in Big Picture mode in a separate virtual desktop from desktop mode, with the root fs in read-only mode to prevent users from bricking it by tinkering. That’s it, you can get pretty much the same thing with Bazzite. I use Linux on my desktop (openSUSE Tumbleweed), and games run the same as on my Steam Deck, but I could also get the same setup as SteamOS if I used something like openSUSE Kalpa (KDE) or Aeon (GNOME), which also has a read-only filesystem.
Well yeah, because every point you’ve brought up is either wrong or completely overblown.
I really don’t understand what “mistakes” you’re talking about. Steam offers a great service, better than everyone else. If that stops being true, I’ll buy my games on another service. I was just fine w/o Steam for years when I first switched to Linux, and I’ll be just fine w/o Steam if they ever screw the pooch. For now, they have an excellent service for users, publishers, and developers, and their competition is subpar for all three.
I have hundreds of free games from EGS and hundreds of games on GOG, so I won’t be hurting for something to play if Steam ever decides to go evil. But for now, I’m getting really good value for the money I spend, because gaming on my OS of choice is way better thanks to Valve’s investment, and I have no problem rewarding that.