fatslob-:O said:
BenVTrigger said:
Windows absolutly destroys Linux and will continue to.
Steam OS and Steam Box are quite litteraly the worst things Valve has EVER done in their entire history. So many people hate on Windows / MS and yet 8.1 is the best OS to run games on. Period.
To be perfectly honest I see this whole Steam OS crap as some sort of arrogant cocky move by Valve. They think since they rejuvinated PC gaming (which they 100% did) that they should be the ones monotizing the PC market place. Make no mistake this is a power move and not "for the good of the consumer". Valve want to be the dominant leader in everything PC marketshare and are trying to force their way into owning the PC marketplace. Which there's nothing wrong with that but let's call it what it is. This isn't Gaben being some benevolant nice guy, its called how can Gaben and the rest of Valve get consumers 100% into their own ecosystem.
Valves goal here is
1. To convert new / uninformed consumers into buying hardware designed for Valve. Steambox
2. Get as many current PC gamers as possible bought into their own OS. Steam OS
3. Continue to make insane amounts of money from their primary revenue source. Steam.
Their goal is to completly cut out competition in every facet of the PC gaming experience. Their own hardware (not manufactured by them but designed for them), their own OS, and their own store. Essentially they want to turn the PC into a Valve console.
Listen I LOVE Steam, so much so that I have completly put consoles on the backburner outside of exclusives, but this whole Steam OS / Box stuff is something frankly I'm not interested in, and also clearly see for what it is.
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@Bold I don't know about that ... Valve did seem pretty genuine about it for the consumers but what the consumers want is not what valve will give. Valve looks like it doesn't have any insidious intentions with their steambox / steam OS plans. It's just that they don't realize that the whole idea is crap and they seem quite shortsighted about it.
In short Valve has good intentions but SOME parts of their management staff needs to go back to SPECIAL school LOL. 
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I think your mistaking what I'm saying. Something can be both "good for the consumer" and a power move from a business's point of view.
Valve exists to make money. End of story. Every business exists for that single purpose. I genuinely belive Valve thinks this system will make consumers happy but they didn't just decide to do this so everyone would say, Wow I sure love Gaben!
They saw an opportunity, saw that they could fill a void they belived MS was leaving open, and thought they could make money off of it.
People really look at these companies all wrong. Neither Valve, Sony, MS, or anyone else for that matter exist just to make us happy. They exist for money, and this is 100% a power move by Valve to monetize their business.
