Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS
Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS
SteamOS is spreading beyond Valve's hardware. That could threaten Microsoft's hold on PC gaming...or even Windows' hold on the PC market.
I’m not sure they should be… most of Microsoft’s income comes from business. O365 and oem keys on all the laptops sold to companies heavily outweigh gamers home systems.
I remember how hype and new it was that I could buy Sea of Thieves on the Windows Store and it just worked like with Steam.
There was a time where Microsoft cared about having the PC gamer audience.
But you're right, they really don't care about that space anymore. I guess we'll see if their priorities change if enough people start swapping to linux for their gaming PCs
A lot of the reasoning for using MS products in businesses is that people are used to them from home.
So the workers run Windows computers with MS Office because that is what they know since childhood because at home there was a Windows computer with MS Office.
This wont take immediate effect. But it can erode the basis for MS in the long run. Especially as they are pulling the stunts with Win11 and price gouging on O365 licences.
I switched to linux last year. Buying a new computer without OEM Windows licencse was 200 € cheaper. And O365 doing everything as a web app also means you dont need to run Windows to run MS Office anymore.
Meanwhile Steam is pushing compatability for games and sooner or later businesses will consider switching to a linux distro and run their Windows software in a compatability environment, as well as more and more software producers will work on compatability or even native.
This will take time, but MS arrogance will be its downfall.
Microsoft isn’t terrified. The current CEO doesn’t give a shit about gaming. It’s foolish though — gaming is the “Trojan horse” that got people hooked on DoS/Windows. It’ll be someone else’s as Microsoft drops the ball.
Valve hat zumindest echt so ein bisschen eine Marktlücke etabliert. Und ich kann mir schon gut vorstellen, dass einige Leute gerne den Tower-PC einmotten, wenn sie mit einem Handheld ähnliche Spiele spielen können. Für viele Anwender reicht ja mittlerweile ein Browser und das Handy, um die allermeisten Sachen zu machen.