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I don’t know. Steam was DRM, but they smartly saw its ability to be a platform for selling everyone’s games. Proton/OS/deck all just seem like hedges against t
by MBCook 4y ago
I don’t know. Steam was DRM, but they smartly saw its ability to be a platform for selling everyone’s games.
Proton/OS/deck all just seem like hedges against their constant enemy: Microsoft. That was always the existential threat to Steam, and MS made it official when they launched their store.
It’s great it worked out, but I don’t think what we have today was in any of the early plans. I think most of it came later.
But that’s just my guess.
- h4n1 4y agoIsn't Valve known for letting employees work on whatever they want? I'd imagine they already had a bone to pick with MS and wanted to be able to play games on Linux. Before that, things like the controller also seemed like "scratch your own itch" projects. They're good at making pieces that naturally fall into place.