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I have heard a number of times about how great Gabe is for bringing Steam to Linux. Isn't it just the case that the only reason Steam is on Linux is because Val
by bobsy 14y ago
I have heard a number of times about how great Gabe is for bringing Steam to Linux. Isn't it just the case that the only reason Steam is on Linux is because Valve are making a console? Would Steam for Linux really exist without this console?
Windows 8 is a fine gaming platform and the Windows store is... useless. It brings crappy tablet games to the PC. I think he is over reacting to the damage Windows 8 will do to his business. I think his motivation towards Linux only came into existence when he saw the Windows Licensing cost on a console.
- brownbat 14y ago> I think he is over reacting to the damage Windows 8 will do to his business. He's not worried about everyone buying Windows 8, he's worried about no one buying it: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20130204235238_Global_Adoption_of_Microsoft_Windows_8_Climbs_to_2_26_in_January_Report.html http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20130204235238_Gl... Windows 8 isn't an existential threat to Valve because there are some UI tweaks, it's a threat because Valve is tethered to Microsoft, and for some, Windows 8 has not inspired much confidence.
- cdh 14y agoThankfully, we don't have to guess about this particular metric, or use silly results based on web-surfing of certain websites. Almost 9% of Steam users are already on Windows 8: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey#cat0 http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey#cat0 8.76% is much higher than 2.26%.
- brownbat 14y agoThe salient point isn't "Win 8 adoption is x%." > silly results Please don't do this.