• doublah@sopuli.xyz
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    21 hours ago

    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.

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      6 hours ago

      Lol, sure they hire “hundreds of contractor” and, obviously, they do it because they like Linux. This as nothing to do with selling steam decks and the upcoming box.

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      14 hours ago

      More likely it’s a long term strategy not to lose money when Microsoft locks Windows ecosystem to their own store(they tried).

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      16 hours ago

      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.