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Zappykins said:
vivster said:
The question is moot. Valve does not care for wide adoption. It's just another option.
SteamOS is really only good for Steam machines that are dedicated gaming machines. Having SteamOS as main OS is just not viable for the vast majority of PC users.

But you will have the option of dual booting.  Which works, but some people find it annoying.

So just boot to SteamOS to play Half Life 3 whenever that comes out?  They really want other developers making games for it - do you think they can, or is it already too late?

So why even bother?  They could put that time, effort and talent towards making new games instead.  Should they just be an Gaming company and not try to be an OS/Hardware company?

Developers only care about install base. Valve thought they had enough brand power to shove this onto people but they shoved it right past actual user's desires. It's just an experiment at this point.

Valve doesn't care about anything anymore. They have Steam, which nets them enough money to do what they want. Why do you think they don't make games anymore? Because they don't have to. All they need are more options for consumers to buy stuff in their shop.

Compare it to Amazon's Fire devices. They don't expect to become market leader for mobile devices. They just want consumers to spend more money on their shop.



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