Got this off of PC World today, have a look. If Lee could give some input, that would be great.
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3099954/windows/epic-ceo-how-microsoft-is-plotting-to-cripple-steam-and-seize-control-of-pc-gaming.html

even if it was true i'm sure microsoft would have so many bugs in their own software it wouldn't really be any better... just look at how long they've been doing operating systems and how many times they have got that "right"
this "news" is also more likely to damage microsoft and help companies such as steam, as it's already been shown many times that the general internet population doesn't like greed.

no steam will just push there own OS.

I've not found any steam news talking about, so...

I can not imagine microsoft carrying out such a tough/ilegal business strategy.

3com

Great headline! If you actually read the article, the author pretty well dismisses the idea. It's just sensational sounding garbage to get clicks for PC World, not real journalism. I enjoy a good conspiracy theory, but this guy from Epic is too much.


I know you put a smiley on that comment, but I hate to see people jump on the hate train. Microsoft makes the most successful OS's in the world. When did they get it wrong is the real question. Don't try to say Vista either. The only problem with Vista was that the minimum specs were so low(P3 800Mhz + 512MB RAM). With those specs XP was a dog by then also. The media did a good job of painting Vista in a bad light, but the reality is that with proper hardware Vista performed well and was far more stable and secure than XP. The fact is that they have got it "more right" than anyone else, and the usage stats back that up.


They've been trying. SteamOS can't match Windows' performance yet. SteamOS hasn't delivered on any of its promises. They said it would be optimized for gaming. In reality it's just a stripped down Debian, with no benefit over running Steam on Ubuntu. Zero performance benefit! Check phoronix.com and you will see that it is no faster than Ubuntu, and it's consistently slower than Windows. Add in the lack of hardware support, and you have a pretty useless OS. Until Nvidia and AMD step up their Linux game(drivers) Windows will continue to have the advantage. The good news is that more games are being developed for Linux, but still it's a relatively small percentage.

Never believe everything you read on the net ... Don't forget Xbox ..
Heres another opposite version .. This seems more realistic



This to me would think Microsoft would benefit from games bought on steam whether is PC or not if you could use them on Xbox as well

@ wermer
yes i know tried it myself a few times with Debian.
and yes lack of hardware support is disappointing
but i did like the os, shame they dont put more effort
into development after all the hype.

thanks for all the input. I was just afraid something would break GG. Microsoft is terrible in my opinion.

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I remember having a back and forth email with Tim Sweeney back in 1997. Little did he know how young I was. We were talking about a game creation system he made for DOS called ZZT. Of which I was addicted to. The guy was really down to Earth and seemed to care quite a lot about his customers and fan-base and game making in general.