i think personally Steam’s/Valve’s dominance is really good here’s why:
Improving Linux gaming,improving Wine and DXVK for gaming,so you dont rely on Microsoft for your OS.
Great client(i like the: inbuilt Chromium based browser,Community features)
Not so awful and maybe simple DRM methods(eg, needing the Steam client doesnt tank the performance that much,compared to something like denuvo which i think makes modding impossible,needs consistent internet connection,and tanks the game’s fps alot )
I can buy with cash giftcard to buy games(I wish GOG had that)
Workshop for modding on supported games.(ik some games have workshop and dont let you mod everything)
Makes/has good games(Half-life 2 is the best game i ever played)
but the bad things:
Steam Client is still 32 bit and Steam doesnt target ARM(E,G. For like M1+ macs,those need rosetta )
third party clients arent a option
You dont own anything you buy on Steam.
Having the Steam client open at all times(ik not all games have this, but i assume CEF based Steam will lower the performance like slightly)
TF2 neglect
lootboxes/battle pass in some games(i am aware Valve was the first company to have a battle pass and fortnite popularized it)
alright thats what i think of the Good and bad of Valve/Steam
I admit I haven’t tried very many, but I think you can launch any steam app “normally” without steam running. If you can find the executable or startup script, you can just point a shortcut to it. Some games will need Steam Services to run, but it’s not blocked or anything.
I admit I haven’t tried very many, but I think you can launch any steam app “normally” without steam running. If you can find the executable or startup script, you can just point a shortcut to it. Some games will need Steam Services to run, but it’s not blocked or anything.
I think i mentioned this,? but there are Steam games that dont let you use it without having the client open, but yeah there are Steam games that work without the client.
i think personally Steam’s/Valve’s dominance is really good here’s why:
but the bad things:
alright thats what i think of the Good and bad of Valve/Steam
Edit: Fixed Paragraph break.
I think you switched to cons without saying.
I admit I haven’t tried very many, but I think you can launch any steam app “normally” without steam running. If you can find the executable or startup script, you can just point a shortcut to it. Some games will need Steam Services to run, but it’s not blocked or anything.
I think i mentioned this,? but there are Steam games that dont let you use it without having the client open, but yeah there are Steam games that work without the client.
Its there but i didnt have a line break.
they said it but there’s not a paragraph break do it’s easy to miss
There’s a ‘but the bad things’ buried in the middle, desperately wanting a line break.
I did the same thing initially and tried re-reading it as sass. Especially if “TF2 neglect” was considered positive.
Thanks for the feedback, i have fixed it