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 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
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.
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.