What profit? I can guarantee that Valve has spent far more in hiring hundreds of highly skilled full time contractors for 5+ years than they’ve made from the 3% of Steam’s users on Linux.
Obviously it’s a long term strategy for them to eventually make money but we’ve only gained from their investment.
I’m a big fan of Steam. They help me keep on Linux, but let’s not pretend there isn’t a profit motive. Gabe gets yachts, we get Linux Gaming. Win win right now.
What profit? I can guarantee that Valve has spent far more in hiring hundreds of highly skilled full time contractors for 5+ years than they’ve made from the 3% of Steam’s users on Linux.
Obviously it’s a long term strategy for them to eventually make money but we’ve only gained from their investment.
More likely it’s a long term strategy not to lose money when Microsoft locks Windows ecosystem to their own store(they tried).
Not OP, but Steam Deck.
I’m a big fan of Steam. They help me keep on Linux, but let’s not pretend there isn’t a profit motive. Gabe gets yachts, we get Linux Gaming. Win win right now.