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A successfull private company, with the best video game catalog, already king in PC gaming... I don't see much for them to gain and plenty to lose if they let
by _zamorano_ 6y ago
A successfull private company, with the best video game catalog, already king in PC gaming...
I don't see much for them to gain and plenty to lose if they let google build a big customer base.
- asddubs 6y agoyeah, valve has its own ecosystem it wants to lock people into
- bastawhiz 6y agoValve has the games and tried to build their own console and failed. Google has now effectively built their own console and doesn't have the games.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoValve only came up with Steam Boxes (and it's whole Linux push for that matter) as a defensive response to the Windows Store and the, at the time very real-seeming, possibility that Windows would become an entirely walled-garden they'd be beholden to. They put much effort into Steam Boxes, they were just a PC with Valve's Ubuntu derivative distro. Fortunately for Linux users though they did continue to put a lot of effort into making Linux gaming actually viable, thus insuring that they'll always have an out if Microsoft goes stupid.