Opinion: Just as Half-Life 2 helped launch Steam, a sequel could help establish non-Windows PC gaming.

This is an interesting take, especially coming from a non-gaming focused tech website like Ars Technica. I feel like it’s been too long since people were truly hyped about half life 3 though, and this wouldn’t be enough, even if Valve did go through with it.

People are increasingly unhappy with windows though, and the EoL of windows 10 may push people to Linux anyways.

  • circuitfarmer
    84•2 days ago

    No. Exclusives suck for everyone in the long run. In this case, it would also be pretty heavily set against the Linux / FOSS ethos, too.

      • @offspec
        8•2 days ago

        Nah sounds like a waste of time and resources to make a game built on their multiplatform engine and then lock it down to one environment.

        • @[email protected]
          1•2 days ago

          not saying that valve would do this or that they should, but if that they did people would defend it. People defend a lot of things that don’t benefit anyone