Re: Valve's Steam coming to Linux.

Post #325,185 by jake123 4/25/10 8:20:33 PM Reply	Re: Valve's Steam coming to Linux. In the article linked, they also state that the Source engine's coming to linux. If that's the case, they're going to have the source games available pretty shortly... the source article is two years old... I bet it's done and now they're cranking up the delivery system to move half-life, counterstrike, etc to linux. If they see a quick uptake on the linux clients for those games, I bet other games will quickly follow. I'd also perhaps look to them partnering with someone to deliver a linux based console; boom-headshot to being them being pushed around by the owners of the proprietary consoles currently extant. It's good strategic planning to make sure they don't end up as simply a Jobs' auxiliary software vendor. I mean, if you could get a 300 dollar linux console that played half-life, doom3 and descendents, and counter-strike, as well as letting you do all that internetty goodness and movies-on-demand, would you get one?
Post #325,192 by drook 4/25/10 9:21:04 PM Reply	Put Myth in a gaming console with Blueray Add some external storage and you've got everything you need for the home entertainment center. -- Drew
Post #325,203 by pwhysall 4/26/10 2:32:51 AM Reply	Remember, this is the same Valve that was... ...going to bring Half Life to Mac OS (not OS X). Long story short, believe it when it happens. I'd like to think it will, but Valve have form on this business of promising stuff and not delivering it. Further, I wonder how much 'porting' will be done and whether they'll just do like Corel did with WordPerfect and like EA do with their Mac games, and (as I mentioned above) just kludge their PC executables onto Linux with Wine.
Post #325,220 by jake123 4/26/10 10:00:00 AM Reply	True enough on the other hand, I can't see how they could possibly justify spending that money, considering that they have to know that simply wining their software will only result in people staying away in droves. If the rumours are actually true, I'm pretty sure that this is a bid to ensure they never get held hostage by their platform vendors. Of course, always believe it when it happens. But hey, would it be irresponsible to speculate? It would be irresponsible not to!
Post #325,221 by pwhysall 4/26/10 10:05:47 AM Reply	Re: True enough On the gripping hand, the Linux gaming market is strewn with the failures of the past; remember Loki? Wining their stuff might be the only cost-effective way to get Source titles on Linux, given that the aforementioned Linux gaming market is tiny.
Post #325,223 by jake123 4/26/10 10:17:45 AM Reply	Yeah, but if they hired a guy in 2008 to run it and all they've done in two years is wine Source, then they really suck at their job.

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