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Forums - Sony Discussion - Valve wants PS3 to open like a Mac not closed like a Gamecube.

Ail said:
ssj12 said:
Ail said:
ameratsu said:

This seems like Gabe's way of saying he wants the Steam platform on consoles. "Closed" systems to Gabe involve having to put their content on someone else's service. I suspect he would much rather make Valve's highly profitable platform available for new audiences (like they did with mac users). OSX is open in the sense that Valve is able to offer their digital distribution platform on it, while that's not possible with the ps3.

 

At some point Microsoft and Apple are going to wake up and offer a service similar to Steam and Valve will start to cry.......

There is no way publishers and developers will keep letting a competitor getting their cut on every game they sell...

Actually doubt it. Microsoft already attempted this and failed with Games of Windows Live. Apple has a strong service with the iTunes store, but they wont garner any attention from major publishers or gamers.

Only competitor to Steam is Impulse which is another joke of a service.

It wouldn't be that hard to build a mac version of the Appstore

Not only Steam has a gigantic head start, but both Apple and Microsoft will never allow you to buy both MAC and PC versions for the price of one (which Valve can and is doing on Steam).



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Well Gabe is absolutly spot on in thinking in the long term and since they won't be using the Playstation 3 arcitecture for any future products, that makes a lot of sense.