Why steam can't support mobile.

[76561198037136316]

You will see that some games are playable both on mobile and steam. But why I can't download games from steam to mobile. Instead it links me in to PlayStore, where situation with accounts gets complicated.

Why steam?

Why steam can only be computer game store and not mobile? PLS WHY?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

İlk olarak FirePickle tarafından gönderildi:

You will see that some games are playable both on mobile and steam. But why I can't download games from steam to mobile. Instead it links me in to PlayStore, where situation with accounts gets complicated.

Why steam?

Why steam can only be computer game store and not mobile? PLS WHY?

Because games on Steam are not mobile games. They require PC components to run.

[76561198037136316]

Some are.

Welcome to steam bro, but plenty of them are.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

İlk olarak FirePickle tarafından gönderildi:

Some are

The games ON Steam are PC games. They may have mobile variants on the app stores but they are not mobile games.

And Apple would not let Valve have a competing mobile store on the app store. Google wouldn't like it either.

[Swinnie]

Also Appatore and play store are already well established so it would be harder for steam to profit of this, it’s like why would apple make a pc game store when they sell phones

[76561198037136316]

İlk olarak Barcxde tarafından gönderildi:

Also Appatore and play store are already well established so it would be harder for steam to profit of this, it’s like why would apple make a pc game store when they sell phones

I don't think steam is so poor that would have hard time competing.

[76561198037136316]

BUT I WANT TO KNOW REAL TRUTH

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Having the developers and publishers switch to a new mobile store is the biggest hurdle.

Most won't even think about it.

[Count_Dandyman]

İlk olarak FirePickle tarafından gönderildi:

BUT I WANT TO KNOW REAL TRUTH

Apple and google don't want to allow other stores onto their platforms.

[Valaith]

İlk olarak Count_Dandyman tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak FirePickle tarafından gönderildi:

BUT I WANT TO KNOW REAL TRUTH

Apple and google don't want to allow other stores onto their platforms.

Amazon app store and Mikandi are 2 app stores that I recall from years ago and they are still active on Android.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Tell that to Apple when they rejected the Steam Link App on the Apple store.

[Count_Dandyman]

İlk olarak Valaith tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Count_Dandyman tarafından gönderildi:

Apple and google don't want to allow other stores onto their platforms.

Amazon app store and Mikandi are 2 app stores that I recall from years ago and they are still active on Android.

requires disabling security features and bypassing andriods usual systems to get them in place and neither is as big a deal as Steam who refuse to use such backhanded methods.

[Valaith]

İlk olarak Count_Dandyman tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Valaith tarafından gönderildi:

Amazon app store and Mikandi are 2 app stores that I recall from years ago and they are still active on Android.

requires disabling security features and bypassing andriods usual systems to get them in place and neither is as big a deal as Steam who refuse to use such backhanded methods.

You stated that Google doesn't want to allow other stores on their platforms and I proved you wrong. If they didn't want to allow it, they wouldn't have included a safety toggle to allow other sources. Clicking a download link on the internet isn't bypassing anything.

[Brian9824]

İlk olarak Valaith tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Count_Dandyman tarafından gönderildi:

requires disabling security features and bypassing andriods usual systems to get them in place and neither is as big a deal as Steam who refuse to use such backhanded methods.

You stated that Google doesn't want to allow other stores on their platforms and I proved you wrong. If they didn't want to allow it, they wouldn't have included a safety toggle to allow other sources. Clicking a download link on the internet isn't bypassing anything.

Not true, that safety toggle is for more then just adding a new store. It's so people can develop their own homebrew apps, test them, etc without having to pay to have them on the store.

Just because someone can use it to give someone access to a different store doesn't mean they are allowing it anymore then you turning off your home alarm means your allowing someone to rob you.

[Valaith]

İlk olarak brian9824 tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Valaith tarafından gönderildi:

You stated that Google doesn't want to allow other stores on their platforms and I proved you wrong. If they didn't want to allow it, they wouldn't have included a safety toggle to allow other sources. Clicking a download link on the internet isn't bypassing anything.

Not true, that safety toggle is for more then just adding a new store. It's so people can develop their own homebrew apps, test them, etc without having to pay to have them on the store.

Just because someone can use it to give someone access to a different store doesn't mean they are allowing it anymore then you turning off your home alarm means your allowing someone to rob you.

I'm aware that you can make your own software and install it that way as I have been doing that. Saying that Google doesn't want other app stores on the platform is wrong. Just because they don't have download links in their own app store doesn't mean they are not allowed. They probably don't have access to other stores for liability reasons.

[Count_Dandyman]

İlk olarak Valaith tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak brian9824 tarafından gönderildi:

Not true, that safety toggle is for more then just adding a new store. It's so people can develop their own homebrew apps, test them, etc without having to pay to have them on the store.

Just because someone can use it to give someone access to a different store doesn't mean they are allowing it anymore then you turning off your home alarm means your allowing someone to rob you.

I'm aware that you can make your own software and install it that way as I have been doing that. Saying that Google doesn't want other app stores on the platform is wrong. Just because they don't have download links in their own app store doesn't mean they are not allowed. They probably don't have access to other stores for liability reasons.

Then why can you download and install apps for every part of the amazon store and features except for the appstore directly without having to backdoor install them like it?

Almost like Google took a clear stance on what they were willing to allow or not from Amazon/