Valve doesn’t get the credit it deserves for innovating if not keeping alive the PC space. Steam came out at a time where PC gaming was dying on store shelves, there was no support for it by triple A publishers…it was a dark time. And everyone hated Steam at first. Took a lot of work attracting smaller/indie devs to the platform to prove itself as a viable option for larger publishers.
They’ve proven that Linux is a great operating system for games, and without the overhead that is Windows. The ability to natively play Windows games isn’t enough of a draw for me to use the Ally or Legion.
Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world 1 year ago
ono@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Not to diminish Aya or GPD for bringing hardware to market, but Valve is also funding the developers of critically important open-source software that makes Windows games run well without Windows, and is providing support for whatever problems come up, with great success. It has dramatically changed the Linux gaming experience not only for handhelds, but also on the desktop.