"It won't be that one day they flip a switch that will break your Steam library - what they're trying to do is a series of sneaky manoeuvres. They make it more and more inconvenient to use the old apps, and, simultaneously, they try to become the only source for the new ones.
"Slowly, over the next five years, they will force-patch Windows 10 to make Steam progressively worse and more broken. They'll never completely break it, but will continue to break it until, in five years, people are so fed up that Steam is buggy that the Windows Store seems like an ideal alternative.
Yet another Microsoft is evil article with baseless claims.
it is just Windows 10 dropping support for old programs. Support for old program have to drop after sometimes.
If there is a problem, can run in compatibility mode. Alternatively Steam may need to evolve due to that, failure to do so is valve fault not Microsoft.
Epic Games has a lot to lose by saying this publicly. You do realize Epic works exclusively with Microsoft? I find such a statement is more genuine when it comes from the belly of the beast.
The first commenter of that article is right - there is no proof of this. But I wouldn't put it past MS to do this. I think MS are competent enough to do it, so I disagree with Tim Sweeney in that respect. The issue is whether or not people find out and do something about it, if it happens.
Anyone here running Windows 10 notice any minor issues with Steam so far?
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Yet another Microsoft is evil article with baseless claims.
it is just Windows 10 dropping support for old programs. Support for old program have to drop after sometimes.
If there is a problem, can run in compatibility mode. Alternatively Steam may need to evolve due to that, failure to do so is valve fault not Microsoft.
Epic Games has a lot to lose by saying this publicly. You do realize Epic works exclusively with Microsoft? I find such a statement is more genuine when it comes from the belly of the beast.
Not that I think this will happen I think the point was that MS would make it look like it was Steam that was broken prompting users to abandon it because it's buggy and doesn't work properly.
Not that I think this will happen I think the point was that MS would make it look like it was Steam that was broken prompting users to abandon it because it's buggy and doesn't work properly.
The average steam user is smarter then the average windows user. The thing is that they have to do some major changes to how Windows 10 works to effect steam. No way people will accept those changes. My friend is top 20 insider and they do listen.
I would not be surprised if MS offered shoddy support to direct people to their store. They and other software distributors have done similar things before.
May or may not play out how or when Sweeney envisions, but MS is highly anti-competitive and now that they they are turning Windows into a software distribution platform, other platforms that run on Windows have reason to worry.
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I've been trying to literary murder Microsoft for decades, but no matter how many times I wax poetic, no matter how often I hurl angry tirades in their direction, they just will not die.
Could it happen? Sure. I don't think that it's especially likely though, as the risks outweigh the benefits. The idea is out there now. If this starts happening, we can blame MS and run a second drive or partition with Linux/SteamOS/whatever else for gaming. Enough people play CS:GO or what-have-you in Linux and devs take notice.
Why "steam" specifically? Doesn't what he's saying apply to any legacy game? Steam isn't the only way to play legacy games. Maybe it's because he knew that if he mentioned the sacred cow "steam" he'd have all the idiot steam fanboys up in arms, and he did it just for impact.
PS> Microsoft doesn't have to patch Windows to make steam broken, valve are doing a good enough job of that already. At this point I don't know who I loathe more; Microsoft or Valve. They're made for each other. They certainly see eye-to-eye on matters like forced updates.
Why "steam" specifically? Doesn't what he's saying apply to any legacy game? Steam isn't the only way to play legacy games. Maybe it's because he knew that if he mentioned the sacred cow "steam" he'd have all the idiot steam fanboys up in arms, and he did it just for impact.
PS> Microsoft doesn't have to patch Windows to make steam broken, valve are doing a good enough job of that already. At this point I don't know who I loathe more; Microsoft or Valve. They're made for each other. They certainly see eye-to-eye on matters like forced updates.
It's not like the only reason the Linux Steam client exists is because Microsoft threatened to murder it with the W10 launch. Why would Valve put so much effort into making a client, wrapper, tools and even a distro for a OS with 2% share?
"L4D2 runs XX faster in OGL than DX!" No one remembers? Really?
And the Linux Steam client is still there nor alive nor dead to remind them that it can be done, they can walk away from Windows.
This guy is right but if it ever happens Valve has the tools to make Microsoft regret it.
I actually can't wait for this to happen. I have yet to ever learn linux but come on microsoft do it. Just kill yourself already.
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