Why did Valve do it?
Why did Valve do it?
Ryan Myers
Jaxon Hill
Because money.
Christian Johnson
>linux is 1% of desktop users
Dylan Clark
>Assuming Valve ever gave a fuck about macOS
Valve is just making static binaries that can be executed in GNU/Linux, Windows support is still the standard.
Austin Peterson
Because M$ has been taking steps to put everything into their own shitty app store and try to put Valve out of business
Cameron Ramirez
Because fuck poo OSs
Luis Rogers
> and try to put Valve out of business
How is that a bad thing?
Joshua Morales
2.4%
Jason Ramirez
are you asking why Valve would think being put out of business is bad?
Matthew Gomez
>he's this clueless
Samuel Reed
Macbros... it was supposed to be our turn...
William Reed
Because it's about a billion times easier to build a custom device's platform on.
Bentley Price
Let's not pretend like OSX was ever an option. Apple would rather nuke its own headquarters before allowing another company to make any kind of computing device running its operating systems.
Daniel Lopez
>can't browse game files
that's enough to never touch MS
Brayden Garcia
If you think denuvo is bad try microsoft's drm
Jace Long
Fear of getting walled out by Microsoft.
Ayden Butler
valve didn't reject macOS, it was the other way around. apple wants to force their meme API up everyone else's ass and most game devs just don't want to deal
Juan Reed
Licensing and the ability to get less overhead.
User doesn't need to update and maintain a windows os
Levi Murphy
why would ms wall them off?
Christopher Sanchez
They are already buying up the entire industry. Soon you'll be paying a subscription forever.
Jonathan Brown
Don't care, never installing Wandoos
Aiden Reed
Valve is trying to do to Microsoft what Microsoft was trying to do to valve somewhat. They are wanting to lock users into Steam as opposed to "Games for Windows" or whatever using devices they can put out upgrades and resell to you every year. They would not have to pay any licensing fees to Microsoft.
Grayson Campbell
>why would ms wall them off?
In a previous discussion between Gabe and Microsoft, they told him that they would eventually go the Apple way, with every app on Windows needing an approved certificate from them.
It was implied that Steam would be left out, so they told him that eventually he would have to sell the company to them.
From that moment, Valve started pushing for Linux gaming, financing projects like Proton, DVXK, Mesa drivers and other Open Source projects.
>Soon you'll be paying a subscription forever.
That's exactly why I'm on team Valve: EVERYONE is pushing for subscription-based services, or NFT.
They're currently the only exception.
Josiah Gutierrez
>Microsoft has close-door talks with Valve one day
>All of a sudden Valve starts heavily supporting desktop Linux development
Gee, I wonder what that meeting could have been about