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A Linux based steam console will get more publishers on board if people buy it. There were rumors going around that the PS4 OS was going to be Linux based too.
by gnarbarian 14y ago
A Linux based steam console will get more publishers on board if people buy it. There were rumors going around that the PS4 OS was going to be Linux based too. If that's the case Linux will get pretty much everything.
- BSousa 14y agoBut people will only buy it if publishers publish for it. And while I don't know the details of a Steam box, assuming a x64 config, you won't be able to really undercut Dell or HP. So why buy a Steam box if you can get a WIndows PC which allows you to run Office? And about PS4, I have been out of the industry for a while, but if PS4 really is linux based, most games will target THAT specific linux distro with specific drivers. While I doubt Sony would make PS4 just another Linux distro, even if they do, they will add Sony Middleware to it that won't be available on other distros. I would like to see Linux succeed. I periodically switch to Linux and back to Mac everyonce in a while, but I just don't see it. And back to the original topic, when you are a marketplace on another's man ecosystem, you will always be at their mercy. Now if Steam moved to the browser, maybe I could see something there, but Linux, no, sorry, not gonna happen (as much as I would love it to.)
- hdra 14y agoLinux has been widely adopted for a long time, just not on desktop PC. Android is based on Linux, and we don't see Linux 'get pretty much everything'. I believe console gamers and PC gamers are a largely different demographics. Among PC gamers, People don't switch to a platform because the game is there, instead, people play a game because the game is here on their platform.