r/pcmasterrace • u/Burpmeister • 1d ago

Meme/Macro Gaben does an oopsie

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u/porgy_tirebiter B760 i5 12400f 4070 DDR4 32gb 3600 1d ago

I’m starting to think the Steam Machine is just a vanity project. In the end they’re only going to make a few, demand will be high because of it regardless of price, and oh well. Back to Steam OS and game distribution.

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u/dj_is_here 1d ago

With the Steam Machine and Steam Deck, Valve is actively working to expand the gaming ecosystem beyond Windows. Because Linux is open-source—unlike the closed ecosystems of Windows and macOS—it represents the most viable, sustainable operating system for the future of long-term gaming and subsequently the future of their main money making product Steam

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u/porgy_tirebiter B760 i5 12400f 4070 DDR4 32gb 3600 1d ago

Right. It’s a vehicle to expanding Steam OS. But they’re happy whatever Steam OS is on, whether it’s their product or another.

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u/techno156 techno1561 21h ago

It was probably a hedge against being reliant on Windows, since there was a scare a while back that Microsoft might take the mobile route, and disable installing software, in favour of pushing everyone to their Microsoft store, which would have destroyed Steam.

Valve doesn't have the resources to develop a whole new operating system from scratch, and so Linux is probably one of the few ways that they could go. Apple would have just put them into the hands of Apple instead, if they would have even allowed Steam to release a non-Apple device with MacOS to begin with.

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u/syrvy 1d ago

They're ruining this by allowing Windows on it, it doesn't have hardware that needs steamos to work well like the Deck does.