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Notch: Windows 8 Could be Very Bad for Games, We Need to Encourage Open Platforms

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http://www.ubuntuvibes.com – Valve CEO Gabe Newell recently slammed Microsoft's Windows 8 saying that is kind of a catastrophe for everybody in the PC space. In an interview with VentureBeat, he said that: One, we’re trying to make sure that Linux thrives. Our perception is that one of the big problems holding Linux back is the absence of games. I think that a lot of people — in their thinking about platforms — don’t realize how critical games are as a consumer driver of purchases and usage. So we’re going to continue working with the Linux distribution guys, shipping Steam, shipping our games, and making i (HowTos)

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“The big problem that is holding back Linux is games. People don’t realize how critical games are in driving consumer purchasing behavior. We want to make it as easy as possible for the 2,500 games on Steam to run on Linux as well. It’s a hedging strategy. I think Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space.

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The sixth set of games that passed through the Steam Greenlight process, that are going to be released on Steam, contains 12 games confirmed for the Linux platform.The rate of adoption of Steam for Linux has been very high, and a lot of developers have decided to make their game for multiple platforms, including Linux.From a total of 20 entries, 18 games and 2 applications, 12 are titles that have

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If you look at the way the world is going, where you see Apple completely in control of their system, and at least part of Windows 8 entirely controlled by the Microsoft App Store, Steam is going to be a little bit harder to do - both in the store aspect and in the content delivery aspect.

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Most of the gamers just stick on to Windows Vista because they think of games ie. the real GAMES only go with windows!. Well that is a misconception! There are also many smart games with quality Graphics and also many opensource funny games. The greatest fact about this is everything is free!!. Well many people does not even think of the possobility of games in linux!. Well I did!!

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun has posted the second part of a two-part interview with Notch of Minecraft fame; in this installment, he discusses Valve’s recently announced plans to add Linux support to both Steam and Source-engine games: I understand why Valve wants to do what it’s doing, too. But then they would be the de facto [...]