A leading PC-user rights campaigner has voiced concern about video games developer Valve's move to sell Linux-based versions of its products.
Half-Life and Portal writer Erik Wolpaw has detailed how his team has been using Generative AI for research and development at Valve.
Valve has responded to New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against the firm, stating it does not believe that lootboxes in its Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2 games unlawfully encourage minors to gamble, adding it was "disappointed" to see the action go ahead despite efforts to "educate" the NYAG about virtual items since "early 2023."
His argument is silly, claiming Steam as a form of DRM, has no business on Linux. It's perfectly "ethical" to finally bring games to Linux.
Surprise, Richard Stallman, not everyone agrees with you.
Also, "That's (windows 8) where the vast majority of users will be and it would be commercial suicide to do otherwise", I have serious doubts about that - Vista already proved that may not be the case, despite how outdated XP had become. Win7 hasn't been out for nearly as long, and I see no compelling reason to switch in terms of features. Instead I see compelling reasons to stick with Win7.
However I still don't think they'll skip over Windows 8, and I don't think anyone suggested Valve would, either.
It's unethical for Steam to sell Linux versions of its games? But Steam is also selling Mac versions of its games. So why is selling to one version is ethical but it's unethical to sell to another? MS doesn't even want to promote Alan Wake for the PC and during last year's E3 MS was too busy promoting the X Box 360 version Call of Duty MW3 instead of the Windows 7-exclusive BF3.
Steam is a form of DRM? Yes, everyone knows that and accepted this form since it's the least painful and restrictive of all DRMs. Have he seen what kind of PC games MS have been making over the last couple of years? They're ALL free-to-play games with Fable 3 as the only exception. Free-to-play games are the next evolution of the worst kind of DRM - permanent online connection.
someone is butthurt....