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Steam keeps on winning (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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From the opinion piece:

Last year, I pointed out how many big publishers came crawlin' back to Steam after trying their own things: EA, Activision, Microsoft. This year, for the first time ever, two Blizzard games released on Steam: Overwatch and Diablo 4.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because there's no money in Linux. Valve can afford to target Linux for long term growth because they aren't a public company that has to answer to investors every quarter. People mistake that for valve being pro-consumer, which they're not.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because there’s no money in Linux.

You should have a chat with the CEOs of Red Hat, Canonical, etc. about that. They surely will value your opinion.

People mistake that for valve being pro-consumer, which they’re not.

As a consumer, I don't care about their motivation, I care about the results. Steam Deck is more comfortable to use than Windows handhelds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Companies focusing on long term growth is good for the consumers compared to the ones that only focuses on short term profits. Though why valve is able to do that and other companies like ea or abk can't is beyond me.