2 ms·
This would be like building a Facebook app or twitter client; essentially at the mercy of the platform owner. MS is already competing with Valve - it would be i
by beagle3 8y ago
This would be like building a Facebook app or twitter client; essentially at the mercy of the platform owner. MS is already competing with Valve - it would be incredibly stupid on Valve’s part to be dependent on MS
- alkonaut 8y agoIt would be undesireable at least, and possibly come at great cost. The question is perhaps - is that cost still not smaller than trying to make future games work with wine (something that has traditionally not been very successful)?
- beagle3 8y agoIf the ms App Store is successful, then it is the end of valve as we know it today, so it makes sense for them to invest what is a relatively small amount (10 people at $150k/year for two years is just $2m - do they have that many people on it?) The majority of the cost is actually borne by the studios/developers - compatibility testing and fixes - for little pay now (though possibly nontrivial one in the future). So it doubly makes sense for Valve