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> If competitors are just as open they no longer have a competitive advantage and are essentially just helping improve Steam. Isn't that basically an admission
by smoldesu 3y ago
> If competitors are just as open they no longer have a competitive advantage and are essentially just helping improve Steam.
Isn't that basically an admission that all of Valve's most meaningful developments are Open Source? To the contrary, why are competitors having such a hard time when stuff like Proton and pressure-vessel is freely available?
- charcircuit 3y ago>Isn't that basically an admission that all of Valve's most meaningful developments are Open Source? Source 2 is still closed source and they still haven't released the SDK despite it now being over 3.5 years since HL:A released. >To the contrary, why are competitors having such a hard time when stuff like Proton and pressure-vessel is freely available? Because Valve already has the user content flywheel going. Valve has most content that people want and has a large install base that developers can target. There are a lot of gamers who only want to buy games on Steam due to the integrated experience doing so offers. Convincing AAA devs to release on your platform is not easy to do. Adding Proton to your platform won't convince developers to use it.