Re:What if Valve brought Steam to mobile?
by ekianjo on Thursday November 13, 2014 @07:29AM
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> Ubuntu's Unity it will soon
Is there any device that will be released anytime soon ?
Re:What if Valve brought Steam to mobile?
by Htsthbjig on Thursday November 13, 2014 @09:06AM
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http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/02/image-bq-aquaris-ubuntu-p...
There are companies working on tablets too. I probably know a couple of companies working on this but I can't talk about it. :-D
It is almost a prototype now. In a couple of years I will consider using them.
The most important thing right now is improving and stabilizing the graphic system with Wayland and Mir.
You are competing against Apple and Google Play online Stores.
If they support Steam they would be making the platform a commodity(as Steam does not care about the platform), this is something Apple can't let happen, or just replace Google Play as the gatekeeper for Android(as steam already knows how to sell commercial titles).
Steam's response to online stores have been to create the Steam machine, that probably will extend over mobile devices in the future(using wifi playing first, creating devices on their own later).
Remember that real Linux needs to get to tablet-phone space, with efforts like Ubuntu's Unity it will soon. Valve will be the first to benefit from it(as steam machine is very similar to ubuntu).