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They would have loved that though! I mean Steam was made as a panicked reaction when Microsoft announced its Windows store. People in the industry knew very we
by Iv 6y ago
They would have loved that though!
I mean Steam was made as a panicked reaction when Microsoft announced its Windows store. People in the industry knew very well what they were trying to do.
- throwaway2048 6y agoSteam predates any windows app store stuff by almost a decade, it wasn't a "panicked reaction" to anything.
- Pxtl 6y agoYeah, grandparent is misremembering a real event. Steam did do a panicked reaction to Windows store: a hard pivot to Linux support and the linux-based SteamOS.
- Iv 6y agoSteam was nowhere near the app store we know today when it was created. It was Valve's auto-updater and match-making service. They had a few partner games using it as well. I may recall it badly but I am pretty sure they opened it to general companies and indie studios as a reaction to Windows 8 built-in app store: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377
- destrukt147 6y agoI've been on steam since a while after it's genesis. IIRC the store aspect of steam started in 2006-2007, which is way before even windows 8 which only came out after 2011-2012