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Valve aren't putting any exclusives on the Steam Machine because they see "the whole PC catalog as our 'launch exclusive'" (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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[–] 64 points 2 months ago (5 children)

That's no-brainer news. How would an exclusive title just for the Steam Machine even work? It's a PC. Launching it on Steam but forbidding everyone but Steam Machine users to buy or download it? How would they even check that accurately? This would probably be easy to get around.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    They could release it on Linux only, which would exclude most PC users.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    I have seen people dualboot linux just for extra minecraft performance, there would definitely be people dualbooting linux for those exclusives

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago*

    And if popular enough, someone would for sure make a "Play Half-Life 3" bootable Live CD with just enough Linux to boot Steam and run whatever exclusive without needing to actually install Linux to the drive.

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