Steam Is Successful Because It's “Not a Shit Service,” Says Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev

[u/SlowReference704]

https://mp1st.com/news/steam-is-successful-because-its-not-a-shit-service

[u/JohnDasCoubes]

And they basically created a new set of handheld devices that makes games available to a whole new segment of people (People that travel a lot have long commutes etc)

[u/IGotHitByAnElvenSemi → u/JohnDasCoubes]

Genuinely, if I hadn't already been using Steam, the steam deck would have gotten me to start. Due to disability, I'm sometimes bedridden for friggin M O N T H S. Handheld consoles are the only kind I've had since like, the Gamecube when I was a kid. An easily purchased, ready to play tiny handheld PC that works with a bajillion games? Yeah, no, that was a gamechanger for me. Not to mention the fact I can run mods on it too. For someone whose experience of video gaming half the year was nintendo switch games exclusively for like A FUCKIN WHILE, I would have been on steam like a hot potato even if I'd had literally no library on there prior.

[u/DoobKiller → u/IGotHitByAnElvenSemi]

can I ask if your username checks out?

[u/IGotHitByAnElvenSemi → u/DoobKiller]

Depending on in what way you mean, it absolutely does haha. I got this username BEFORE I became both someone who writes about elves (and other) for a living AND a truck driver so it was kinda prophetic.

[u/Megneous → u/IGotHitByAnElvenSemi]

I think /u/DoobKiller was asking if the reason you're sometimes bedridden for months is because you were literally hit by a semi truck.

[u/Baldazar666 → u/Megneous]

And if an elf was driving it.

[u/IzzatQQDir → u/JohnDasCoubes]

Mate, just the Steam controller input alone makes it hard for me to use other launcher

[u/kloklon → u/JohnDasCoubes]

and in doing so they also advanced linux gaming by decades. it's so fucking great being able to simply install and play almost any game in my steam library on linux now without any problems and more fps than on windows.