• rtxn@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Microsoft came crawling back. EA came crawling back. Ubisoft came crawling back. Square Enix came crawling back. Activision came crawling back. Most viable competitor can’t turn a profit despite third-party exclusives and free games.

    Now they’ve got handheld users and the entire Linux gaming community suctioned onto Gaben’s tits.

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      9 months ago

      As a Linux user I can confirm that I only use Steam (with the exception being the Prism Launcher), the funniest part is any of Steams competitors could launch on Linux with minimum effort but instead they chose to essentially give Steam a monopoly over Linux gaming.

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        9 months ago

        exactly, literally every tecnology that steam uses, or created for steam/steam deck is open source

    • 🐑🇸 🇭 🇪 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇪🐑@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Meanwhile Nintendo is laughing it’s ass off because half of their library is based on gimmick consoles that aren’t easily emulated. They figured out long ago consoles would die if they didn’t start innovating