For my understanding its up to Valve to handle support for Windows unless you mean releasing games on steam. Attempts to block Steam would probably violate anti-trust laws and cause massive PR backlash.
Has legality or bad PR stopped Microsoft in the past? Worst case they pay a fine and everyone continues to use Windows anyways. The only reason Microsoft hasn’t done this already is because they haven’t figured out a way to profit from it yet.
Basically all of Valves business relies on Windows. Valve saw how Apple operates MacOS and iOS, then saw Microsoft release the Windows Store and put two and two together lol.
They probably wouldn’t block but force companies (valve included) to pay a cut of the revenue by forcing people through the Microsoft store. See Windows S mode.
People would be mad, SteamOS and M$ itself are already giving people enough to ditch windows, doing such a thing would make it even worse. It’s just better to try and convince publishers to only focus on Windows
People would be mad, SteamOS and M$ itself are already giving people enough to ditch windows
Simply being mad at microsoft is not enough for them to ditch windows. The alternative must exist as well. Valve had to work hard to get to that level and become a threat to microsoft.
If SteamOS wasn’t good enough, microsoft would just yawn at the haters while making insane amounts of money.
For my understanding its up to Valve to handle support for Windows unless you mean releasing games on steam. Attempts to block Steam would probably violate anti-trust laws and cause massive PR backlash.
Has legality or bad PR stopped Microsoft in the past? Worst case they pay a fine and everyone continues to use Windows anyways. The only reason Microsoft hasn’t done this already is because they haven’t figured out a way to profit from it yet.
Basically all of Valves business relies on Windows. Valve saw how Apple operates MacOS and iOS, then saw Microsoft release the Windows Store and put two and two together lol.
They probably wouldn’t block but force companies (valve included) to pay a cut of the revenue by forcing people through the Microsoft store. See Windows S mode.
People would be mad, SteamOS and M$ itself are already giving people enough to ditch windows, doing such a thing would make it even worse. It’s just better to try and convince publishers to only focus on Windows
Simply being mad at microsoft is not enough for them to ditch windows. The alternative must exist as well. Valve had to work hard to get to that level and become a threat to microsoft.
If SteamOS wasn’t good enough, microsoft would just yawn at the haters while making insane amounts of money.
I’ll come back to this comment in 3 years, people have been mad before
Well that was the whole point behind steam OS and proton. If valve did not work on those things then it was a much bigger possibility.