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Re:Valve drops VR support for macOS by wishinghand on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:08AM (#23049090)
Jobs’ view always seemed short sighted to me. Yes, they were a hardware company back when he made these decisions, but software sells the hardware in the market he was in.
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Re:Valve drops VR support for macOS by culturestate on Saturday May 02, 2020 @04:04AM (#23050213)
> Jobs’ view always seemed short sighted to me

Halo was originally intended as a Mac release, and Steve was livid[1] when Microsoft bought Bungie and made it an Xbox exclusive. I think his apathy toward the games business probably grew from experiences like that, if not that one specifically.

1. https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/publishing/steve-jobs-ra...

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Re:Valve drops VR support for macOS by wishinghand on Saturday May 02, 2020 @10:05PM (#23056323)
I could see that. Can't remember if Isaacs' biography covered that debacle.
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