thatgui
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I don't think so: Looking back some years I'm solely looking at HB beeing the company that brought games on Linux a big step forward, not Steam. Did Valve do anything else other than their "hey there is OpenGL" panels to support bringing games to Linux (don't really know, tell me if you know more about it) ? They are not interested in bringing games to Linux, they are interested in bringing games to their plattform - which just happens to be linux based.If you are a gamer and want get rid of Windows, why not "vote with your dollars" by spending it in the HB store ? This way you serve both purposes: showing devs that Linux is a plattform that is worth developing for and that they do not need a DRM system to earn a few bucks with it.In MY opinion, you are worsening the Linux games market by refusing to buy titles on Steam, because they benefit to Linux as a platform. Valve gets some of my money because they support the Linux client and the ports, and the developers get some of my money too for providing the Linux support. They deserve it, and I want to encourage that (just like I encourage every Linux-supporting HB out there). As a gamer I want to get rid of Windows for gaming for good, and this is how I can "vote with my dollars". And I'm certainly not pass on games I want to play just because they are on Steam.
But with a market that hasn't any big growth potential anymore, you automatically take away sales from one seller if you buy things in the store of the other. So where exactly do you help linux gaming in general and not the Steam plattform by buying something from steam.
Again why should they, If their sales model is working ? Why should they invest time (and probably money) in something that wont bring them any benefits ?As for "trying to change their business model from the inside", well Valve is actually competing against other players out there, GOG and HB, which both provide DRM-free games - so if it makes sense for Valve to go DRM-free, I'm sure they will do it one day too.
Are you sure about that. Do you really think that people will just simply throw away their game library, mods, achievements, saves etc. Or will they do some cursing inside and then just click that damn "accept" ?Well, as I said, it's a compromise. You get easy-painless installation and maintenance of your games, but you get some of your rights taken away. If they take away more of your rights, then they will lose users, lose business, and they'll probably consider again whether they should have done it or not.
When did they implement family sharing ? Don't know for sure, but wasn't that about the same time MS was pressing this topic in conjunction with their xbone launch ?In the end it's about trust. I trust Steam way more than I trust Origin or XboxLive or PSN - because Steam is way more open and transparent about what they do and want to do, and so far they have always put the gamers ahead of everything else. "Family sharing" -> they got the publishers to accept that, while it may result in lower sales - doesn't it show that they really care about what gamers want ?
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