Valve has been doing (or trying to do) Linux things for a long time. The reason is Microsoft’s move towards a centralized Windows Store and their Xbox on Windows. That’s a huge threat to Valve because they could all of a sudden find themselves in a situation where the preferred way to game on Windows is through their gaming competitor Microsoft’s services because they control the OS. That’s why Valve has been working hard for many years now to get gaming on Linux to the state it’s currently in. It’s for survival on their part.
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ares35@kbin.social 9 months agowindows costs money, per device. microsoft places limits, pretty strict ones, on how far oems can go wrt customizations of the oobe, the ui/ux, and other shit. valve didn't chose linux because of anything other than it was the only reasonable choice for what they wanted to produce.
Plopp@lemmy.world 9 months ago
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Just the fact Linux is a viable, and preferred, choice for a gaming handheld speaks volumes to how fall Windows has slipped. This was an arena that nobody else competed in 10 years ago, the only choice was Windows.