What should Sony do for the next Playstation?

[TheRealSamusAran]

HoloDust said:

TheRealSamusAran said:

Sony can't just "allow" Steam on a PlayStation like that. Microsoft can do it on their handheld PC because it's a PC, with Windows, which already runs Steam. Even if Sony said "ok, we allow Steam", Valve would have to want to make a new version of the Steam store for it, and then each individual dev would also have to want to submit the PS version of their games to the store, because the console obviously won't be able to play PC games.

I'm guessing you've heard of SteamOS? With most Windows games running on it through Proton, which is Windows compatibility layer for Linux. And not only running, but actually having Lenovo Legion Go with SteamOS running Windows games faster than on native Windows on Legion Go with Windows 11.

So yeah, Valve would need to cooperate with Sony to release Steam version for PS6 OS. And that's it - no dev input or new game version required after that. And I'm pretty sure that Valve would gladly take on an opportunity to be on PS6. Now, if Sony feels confident enough to not have Steam while their competition does, that's another story.

Proton is not magic, it comes from a legacy of decades of development to get Windows programs working on Linux, it won't magically work on PS6, unless Sony goes the Windows route too, is that what you're suggesting?