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[–] Crampi@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Imagine if Valve decided to ship HL3 only on SteamOS :)

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

They're already going to only ship it through Steam. As long as you're using Steam, they don't care.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Imagine leveraging your monopoly in attempt to gain market share in another market.

[–] jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Except they wouldn't be? SteamOS is just fancy Linux, so they wouldn't be directly gaining market share & I don't see how them releasing a game only on one (free and open source) platform is suddenly wrong? In a world where virtually every PC game already does that, just for Windows

Have you forgotten about Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony (actual monopolies: controls hardware, software, marketplace, etc)

[–] riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah I really don't think they would do that. At least right now, in the middle of the year 2025, valve still seems to be making very consumer-friendly choices.