• msage@programming.dev
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      2 months ago

      It’s not a take, that was their actual reasoning behind it. Gabe knew Microsoft well, as a former employee.

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      I would also wager that Valve was worried about Microsoft attempting to use “creative” methods to compete with Steam and chipping away at them, like hidden API. Its not like Valve knew that Microsoft’s attempt would continue to flop so hard for decades that they couldn’t even try that.

      • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 months ago

        Yeah no, it makes heaps of sense. It just initially sounded to me like the person was implying the Steam Deck is Valve’s escape hatch from running the Steam store. Which would be ridiculous, the two business sectors aren’t even close to the same order of magnitude.