Re:Gabe Newell Wants to Support Linux, Because Windows 8 is ...
by ralfn on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @10:35PM
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They are not afraid of losing the competition, they are afraid of not being allowed to compete.
Steam cant be on Metro, and the x86/classic-desktop will likely end up, only in the high end of the market.
Just like Apple, the common win8 consumer device will be in the 200-600 dollar range .. running on ARM, and completely block any competition from selling content. The privileges of backwards compatibility and "side-loading" will be available only on 800+ dollar devices.
Steam cant be on Metro, and the x86/classic-desktop will likely end up, only in the high end of the market.
Just like Apple, the common win8 consumer device will be in the 200-600 dollar range .. running on ARM, and completely block any competition from selling content. The privileges of backwards compatibility and "side-loading" will be available only on 800+ dollar devices.
So, Steam on windows has no future.