“This product is worthless because it doesn’t cater to… Let me check my notes… Under 2% of the market and even less if we don’t count the Steam Deck!”
Ok buddy
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SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 9 months agoIt’s not Steam’s fault if their competitors can’t make a good product. Steam is still the only one with Linux support.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
cottonmon@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I really don’t understand this argument. Aren’t you basically pointing out that Steam is better because they cater to a demographic that most companies won’t consider because of the small market size?
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
No, I’m pointing out that it’s perfectly normal that other companies don’t see the point of spending money on it. Steam has 70% of the PC market which is 96% of the market and you think it’s a good idea to put energy into trying to capture some shares of less than 2% of the market where they have basically a 100% hold.
Don’t start a business.
cottonmon@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I understand that it’s normal, but the argument still doesn’t make sense for the purposes of this discussion. For people who do use Linux, it is worthless since they can’t use it. You’re just reinforcing that Steam is a better option for them.
Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You have a comforting and appealing way of getting your point across that totally leaves the listener/reader readily open to considering your opinion. Keep doing that.
Vilian@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
that the difference, instead of getting their ass fucked for what ever stupid decision microsoft do, they created their own market, that btw already run faster than the microsoft’s one while windows is getting worse day by day, linux is getting better, an they are doing it in the most pro-user way
Under 2% of the market
more than macOS lol
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
“Already runs faster than the Microsoft one”
Yeah so that article you’re referencing doesn’t have any credibility when you actually understand how sampling works.
PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Bruh, the Steam Deck is Linux.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Yes, but its only use (in the vast majority of cases) is playing games so it’s not comparable to Windows PCs (a versatile tool) which are 96% of the market and are comparable to Linux PCs. The people who buy a Steam Deck intentionally buy it to play Steam games and couldn’t care less what OS is on it, the people who run a Linux PC intentionally use Linux.
freebee@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
I very specifically bought a steam deck because it can double as a Linux desktop. I’m sure I’m not the only one.
Katana314@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Caution, though, this same principle applies to the disabled, and soldiers; both groups gaming companies have made many direct attempts to support even if it’s just for a positive public image.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
The difference being that you choose the OS you’re using.
Katana314@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Uhoh. I didn’t think this would be how I learned about the US draft being reinstated.
rambaroo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Lol it is literally steam’s fault and they intended to be this way from the very beginning. They intentionally cornered the market with HL2. It’s incredible how people act like this shit just accidentally happened because valve made a supposedly good product.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 9 months ago
Epic is worth 5 times as much as Valve and EGS is still fucking garbage years after it launched. If anything, Valve is the underdog here, yet Steam is objectively better than every other store. It’s not their fault if competing products are trash. Valve is not responsible for UbiSoft being incapable of making software that works as advertised, of for Epic refusing to support Linux.
rambaroo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You can’t solve this problem with money. People don’t want multiple can get launchers. It’s like asking why Apple hasn’t cornered the desktop market when they’re one of the largest companies in the world.
Valve 100% knew what they were doing with HL2.
TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You are sure an old head, you saw Half-Life 2 bound to Steam once and never forgave it. People don’t care that much about Half-Life 2 today, it’s not that which is keeping them there. Meanwhile today Epic not only makes their in-house games exclusive but games from other publishers as well.
The gaming market is much more fickle than general computing, one generation Sony might be on top, and the next one is Microsoft or Nintendo.
Sure people don’t want multiple game launchers, but a launcher that has their favorite game and does all that they need would be enough to get people to switch over. Epic got Fortnite and loads of players because of it. If their launcher did all that players wanted it to, maybe more people would make it their main platform. But Epic doesn’t care to add features to it. If I want to listen to read guides, or listen to game soundtracks, or mod games, I can do that without leaving Steam. But other than exclusivity, you know, the thing that you denounce Valve for having done, there is nothing that Epic does better than Steam or any other store on the market.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 9 months ago
Apple could easily eat into MS’s pie by licensing macOS to OEMs.
Coasting0942@reddthat.com 9 months ago
Next CEO will literally just kill the program and pocket the money. Saying they need to focus on their core windows users, times are hard, “the economy”
TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
There is nothing exclusive to steam with respect to Linux support. All of the things required for games to run on Linux which valve support are fully open source and even existed before valve got involved. They just threw money at the efforts and turbo charged it (which is great).
woelkchen@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yes, which makes it even more puzzling that the competitors don’t even try to capitalize on the success of Steam Deck and publish their own store on Flathub, utilizing the very same FOSS technologies to make the games run.
rambaroo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Because there’s no money in Linux. Valve can afford to target Linux for long term growth because they aren’t a public company that has to answer to investors every quarter. People mistake that for valve being pro-consumer, which they’re not.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You should have a chat with the CEOs of Red Hat, Canonical, etc. about that. They surely will value your opinion.
As a consumer, I don’t care about their motivation, I care about the results. Steam Deck is more comfortable to use than Windows handhelds.