Because Steam is so damn great on Linux/SteamOS? Where only 6.4% of the overall library resides, and ~99% of that library is outperformed by machines running Steam on Windows?
That's very true. That's one good thing about the PS4 and Xbone being less powerful at launch than previous systems, it didn't take a beast pc to play current gen games at decent settings. We had plenty of time for pc hardware to go well above consoles cheaply by the time the Pro/X versions came out too.
Using pronouns for the Asari...someone on that dev team needs to get slapped
That's very true. That's one good thing about the PS4 and Xbone being less powerful at launch than previous systems, it didn't take a beast pc to play current gen games at decent settings. We had plenty of time for pc hardware to go well above consoles cheaply by the time the Pro/X versions came out too.
When I built my current system, I bought an r480, I can still push pretty much anything at very high settings and it didn't break my bank. Good times
Did you see there’s Wine for Android now?
That's very true. That's one good thing about the PS4 and Xbone being less powerful at launch than previous systems, it didn't take a beast pc to play current gen games at decent settings. We had plenty of time for pc hardware to go well above consoles cheaply by the time the Pro/X versions came out too.
When I built my current system, I bought an r480, I can still push pretty much anything at very high settings and it didn't break my bank. Good times
In the AIO market I see three entry price points for PC gamers, now, that have held relatively steady for at least a year:
Sorry, not following you. I never mentioned Linux and was just speculating that Microsoft might want to integrate the Steam platform into their OS somehow. I just bought a Win10 gaming PC this summer and like the way everything runs now.
Nice! I bought a few prebuilt dells (then Alienware when they acquired them) in my day, as we had some great corporate deals, but I'm back to building with a friend's help, I was rusty lol. I always like to go above and beyond with my CPU at purchase because I hate having to reinstall everything. Upgrading cards/ram is so easy. That Nvidia 1080ti was so tempting but just so damn expensive, so I had to hop on the r480, such a great deal for the power at the time.
That sounds about right. Mine would have been in the 2k range when I built it, but being Canadian, I spent about $2300 I think, god damn CDN dollar
Ya I knew barely anything about PC hardware initially and am typing from a pc right now that I built from scratch from watching YouTube videos, lol...
My first thought was that if this happened I would never again have to deal with the Microsoft Store. The two times that I used it to try out Killer Instinct and Gears 4 were enough.If MS bought Steam, I wonder how long it would take them to introduce Steam Live. It's only $50 a year to get the same services it always had folks...
I'd like to see them work more closely together. I love that they've brought some great titles to Steam, but too much is held back. I'd love Halo titles on Steam with workshop supported.
I don't want them in any leadership position, pc gaming wise. They had their chance with Games For Windows live, what a mess. Their priorities are elsewhere, as their focus is on their consoles and I, like most pc gamers, hate closed systems like that.
I'd love to see them buy out EA, they can't do any worse.
I haven't had one of those in forever. Are they still possible with modern systems?
nope
