Kerotan on 24 February 2015
| Darwinianevolution said: Potential marketshare: Small. Unless they start selling an already-made PC with the OS on it (or a SteamBox console), very few people is going to abandon Windows for it, specially if they use their PC to work. How big a threat to Microsoft. None. Windows is still the most used OS by a lot. Big developers won't take their chances with a Steam OS. Would people buy into it apart from about 10 million hardcore steam users? No. Do Microsoft even care? No. People isn't going to suddenly abandon Windows. Would they charge for the OS? They don't charge for Steam, why would they charge for the OS? If they charge for the OS, they wouldn't have any way to compete against Windows. Would Microsoft launch a rival steam on Windows? No. There are already a lot of digital services on PC. They should have started years abo, before Steam was popular and Microsoft utterly dominated the technology world. |
Thanks for the detailed reply. I guess entering the console market is there only hope of getting an of to more than a few million. For it to take off I think they'd need Microsoft to drop out of the market. Maybe buy them out? Not sure if thats feasible for them and if Microsoft make a comeback they won't even consider it.
