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Re:Valve is a wonderful upstream contributor to Linux and th... by coffeebeqn on Friday September 22, 2023 @12:50PM (#37614370)
As much as I like half life games, there are a handful of studios capable of creating interesting sci-fi shooters but no other company can really have things like Steam Deck, Proton, etc. as some of their core products
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Re:Valve is a wonderful upstream contributor to Linux and th... by johnnyanmac on Friday September 22, 2023 @01:10PM (#37614661)
>no other company can really have things like Steam Deck, Proton, etc. as some of their core products

well of course not. These aren't product that directly make money. Maybe a small chinese startup can do it, but they would still prefer to ship with Windows.

I only really played Portal so I have no real fond memories of TF/CS/HL. But I'm just saying that Valve definitely has the money to invest in games if they really wanted to.

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