Subj : Re: Latest Valve's announcement
To   : Nightfox
From : Arelor
Date : Wed Nov 26 2025 08:28:45

  Re: Re: Latest Valve's announcement
  By: Nightfox to hollowone on Mon Nov 24 2025 10:15 am

 >  ho> Windows is not that critical for PC gaming anymore.
 >
 > Why is that?  Is it because there are more Mac and Linux users these days? I
 > thought Windows was still important for PC gaming, as a lot of game
 > developers still seem to at least make a Windows release by default.

Valve has invested a huge amount of resources in order to not become dependant on Microsoft.

Think about it. Steam has a 70% market share when it comes to PC games, but most of their games used to run only on Windows. This means Steam had a HUGE business going, but it all depended on a third party (Microsoft) for their customers to run their licensed games.

If Microsoft were to play a Google/Apple style scheme and make it so only official app stores were supported by their Operating Systems, Steam would be in trouble. If Microsoft released their own games store and actively tried to hinder third party stores, Steam would be in trouble. The people at Valve is smart and they know this. The best way to survive long term is to ensure they don't depend on Microsoft playing ball forever, therefore they NEED their product to run on different Operating Systems just in case.


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