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Distant were the days when Valve only supported Microsoft systems(X360, Windows, Xbox), giving them games like Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead exclusively.

But Valve is growing. The company took advantage of PC Gaming's supreme digital growth, and no longer does it need to fall back to Microsoft alone.

2010 is the year that Valve blasted barriers. Both of Valve's actions and influence went directly against the success of Microsoft:

  1. Released Steam on MAC.
  2. Announced the Release of Steam on LINUX.
  3. Announced Portal 2 on PS3, calling it "The best console version".
  4. Bethesda/Obsidian ditch GFWL in favour of Steam, for Fallout: New Vegas.
  5. Eidos ditch GFWL in favour of Steam, for Kane & Lynch 2.

So Valve gave support to MAC, LINUX and SONY. The only Microsoft's competitor left is Nintendo.



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Valve expanding beyond Microsoft's platforms =/= Valve being anti-Microsoft. As usual, you are so single-minded in your weird obsessions that you have absolutely no sense of perspective, shio.



badgenome said:

Valve expanding beyond Microsoft's platforms =/= Valve being anti-Microsoft. As usual, you are so single-minded in your weird obsessions that you have absolutely no sense of perspective, shio.

Pretty much this.



shio said:

Distant were the days when Valve only supported Microsoft systems(X360, Windows, Xbox), giving them games like Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead exclusively.

But Valve is growing. The company took advantage of PC Gaming's supreme digital growth, and no longer does it need to fall back to Microsoft alone.

2010 is the year that Valve blasted barriers. Both of Valve's actions and influence went directly against the success of Microsoft:

  • Released Steam on MAC.
  • Announced the Release of Steam on LINUX.
  • Announced Portal 2 on PS3, calling it "The best console version".
  • Bethesda/Obsidian ditch GFWL in favour of Steam, for Fallout: New Vegas.
  • Eidos ditch GFWL in favour of Steam, for Kane & Lynch 2.
  • So Valve gave support to MAC, LINUX and SONY. The only Microsoft's competitor left is Nintendo.



     "the best version on any console." means that the game will be equal on all consoles, so that there is no console bias. It's easy to mis-interpret though. What do Edios and Bethesda/Obsidian have to do with Valve being anti-Microsoft?They wouldn't be releasing games on Windows still if they just decided to smite Microsoft, Valve is just expanding.



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    Shit what?!!

    Please explain how Valve is anti MS by bring Steam to Mac? Valve only wants to expand a their great PC games onto the Mac and how is that a problem? I didn't hear MS going bonkers because Valve opened up Steam for Mac...

     



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    In it's essence, every business company is anti-everyone else. Each company does what's best for itself, sometimes at the cost dealing with other companies through mutual benefits.

    Valve has always allied with Microsoft, especially after in the last few years - Every release Valve had done until 2010 was always a plus to Microsoft, and none against it. However, this year Valve's made decisions that damaged Microsoft, no matter how little:

    - It gave MAC the extremely need games delivery.
    - It promised LINUX the best of times.
    - It gave to PS3 the best console version of Portal 2.

    This time, you'll now probably see the vast majority of Valve's decisions not benefitting Microsoft.



    shio said:

    In it's essence, every business company is anti-everyone else. Each company does what's best for itself, sometimes at the cost dealing with other companies through mutual benefits.

    Valve has always allied with Microsoft, especially after in the last few years - Every release Valve had done until 2010 was always a plus to Microsoft, and none against it. However, this year Valve's made decisions that damaged Microsoft, no matter how little:

    - It gave MAC the extremely need games delivery.
    - It promised LINUX the best of times.
    - It gave to PS3 the best console version of Portal 2.

    This time, you'll now probably see the vast majority of Valve's decisions not benefitting Microsoft.

    But that doesn't mean that Valve's abandoning MS is it? If Valve was abandoning MS and decided to stop making games for the X360 and PC, then it would be considered Valve going Anti Microsoft.



    Expanding a business, isnt the same as your making out. Are Insominiac anti Sony?

    Theres your answer. No.



    selnor said:

    Expanding a business, isnt the same as your making out. Are Insominiac anti Sony?

    Theres your answer. No.


    actually VALVE's thing on PS3 is much more effective than INCOMNIAC's move

    after VALVE's bashing PS3 and SONY for a long while is totally different thing from INCOMNIAC's move

     

    anyways i think VALVE's isn't anti-MS as they still on  MS platforms



    yo_john117 said:
    badgenome said:

    Valve expanding beyond Microsoft's platforms =/= Valve being anti-Microsoft. As usual, you are so single-minded in your weird obsessions that you have absolutely no sense of perspective, shio.

    Pretty much this.

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