Other portable console makers: proprietary shit, locked down OSes, DRM embedded in the device at boot, custom/strange architectural choices, walled gardens
Valve: eh, put a fuckin’ normal ass gaming PC in a tiny box with joysticks and call it a day.
No, it’s great. It means you can make it do anything. You misconstrue my meaning.
You don’t even have it game on it if you don’t want to. Use it as a server 😂
I’m not misconstruing anything, you’re just making it sound like it was a trivial creation when it’s anything but.
What
I mean I give my money to Valve as is tradition, but is there some new reason to give from today?
Because every day their investments in open source projects are making our ecosystem better?
Steam is a proprietary app store shipping DRM and proprietary software. I can’t say I’m eager to use it
If we are being fair, they are still reasonably fair to users. Open source gaming is not a reality.
They don’t force you to use Steam, but still work on Proton as Open Source. They don’t lock down their hardware.
What I’m trying to say is, while Valve is not perfect, it’s much better than any big tech alternative.
Valve is not your friend
