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The ports are currently free on the beta, assuming you have bought the original. Seems unlikely that they will change that as "buy once, run anywhere" seems to
by jiggy2011 14y ago
The ports are currently free on the beta, assuming you have bought the original. Seems unlikely that they will change that as "buy once, run anywhere" seems to be a big selling point of Steam.
I guess in terms of incentives to do ports, if Valve plans to launch a Linux based Steam box they can tempt developers with more prominent placing of games with Linux ports, a larger audience (assuming Steambox has good sales) or even flat out make it a requirement to get onto Steam.
There are also current Linux users like myself who are just more tempted to buy a game if it has a Linux port.
- bluedanieru 14y ago>or even make it a requirement to get onto Steam Let's hope not.
- chii 14y ago> >or even make it a requirement to get onto Steam > Let's hope not. why not? i think if steam flex its muscle (of which it still doesn't have enough), it might jerk studios to put in the effort!
- bluedanieru 14y agoValve doesn't have any business muscling developers into this or that platform. It's wrong if Microsoft does it, and it's wrong if Valve does it. Let the better platform win, in an open and competitive way. (I'm confident Linux would win out in such a contest, btw.)
- jiggy2011 14y agoIIRC they currently mandate Windows compatibility to launch any game on Steam. You can't publish a Mac only game for example. If Valve are serious about launching their own platform , they're likely to apply as much muscle as they can in order to get games on there.