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Epic won’t update Fortnite to run on the Steam Deck. Tim Sweeney says Linux is ‘a terrifically hard audience to serve’ (2022) (www.theverge.com)
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[–] atocci@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Uh, not to take away from your point about Steam making it possible to ditch Windows, but that money is absolutely being put towards buying yachts. Gabe Newel owns $1 billion worth of yachts, 6 of them in total. Like, good on Valve for making Linux accessible, but the money is still quite literally going towards Gabe's yacht collection.

[–] mihnt@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I meant to throw a "not just yachts" in there but my brain don't work right. We all have our passions. At least the guy looks out for the industry through the eyes of a consumer and doesn't behave like a pissbaby.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago

Only if we ignore that a lot of Valve's pro consumers practices are things that were legally imposed and that their 30% cut is driving up costs for consumers and that they actually use anti competitive tactics to prevent other platforms from actually competing.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

that money is absolutely being put towards buying yachts

Did anybody claim that Valve's entire earnings go into Linux gaming? Of course it's only a tiny fraction but that tiny fraction is more than anybody else put into Linux gaming.

Also, Gabe Newell also owns an Aston Martin sportscar team called Heart of Racing, so it's not just yachts. They'll compete in Le Mans next weekend in case anybody cares.

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I'm not sure I follow. The comment I was replying to said Valve's 30% cut isn't being put towards buying yachts, but it is. Apparently racing teams too. Whether they're doing good things for linux gaming or not, Gabe is still a billionaire and he sure spends the money like one.