End of Steam on Windows!?

[djdamo10]

As Microsoft gain grips on all software will they ban Steam and make you use there Xbox app or even worse Epic Launcher?

This would seam to make sense in current times as Microsoft comes away from consoles and tries to hit pc gamers with the 'Microsoft Tax'.

This could be the end of Steam on Windows unless you pay a monthly subscription to run steam on windows.

[Crazy Tiger]

Ah, fiction doomsday thoughts. Every year a few of them get thrown around. Nobody so far has actually been Nostradamus, though.

No, it's not the end of Steam. Microsoft bringing Gamepass to Steam is actually much more likely.

[djdamo10]

Ah so a paid wall on steam could be coming. £40 an month and £120 for a year. Linux user will be happy and not gonna mention apple users...

[Gwarsbane]

Whats the actual suggestion for Steam client or website here?

If Microsoft did this, which they won't because their own store failed so badly already, then people would learn to move over to Linux. It would not be the downfall of Microsoft as windows would still be the most used OS in offices around the world, but it would certainly hurt them quite a bit.

I will never "subscribe" to use my OS. I will NEVER log in to a remote server just to use my OS. I will move to Linux long before I do that even though it would more then likely mean me loosing the ability to use some things I use every day.

[AZOXV2]

pour windows 7 je crois ces tout se' je sais

[Mad Scientist]

Banning specific apps from running arbitrarily to push their own service would likely result in massive lawsuits & fines in various countries for intentionally disallowing competition. Antitrust violations can have very big price tags followed with more regulation.

They wouldn't interfere with Steam as it's one of the biggest reasons millions of people even run Windows; highest compatibility for gaming & other productivity applications.

Gwarsbane lähetti viestin:

Whats the actual suggestion for Steam client or website here?

[djdamo10]

Steam should be more dominant on Linus and Mac, I am suggesting that windows could hide away steam app behind a pay wall to encourage gamers to uses Microsoft products and not 3 party applications to purchase and download games.

[Brian9824]

djdamo10 lähetti viestin:

Ah so a paid wall on steam could be coming. £40 an month and £120 for a year. Linux user will be happy and not gonna mention apple users...

Not remotely what was said. Just that gamepass might be added if people want to sub to it on Steam. Microsoft isn't going to ban anyone from using it, if they tried to they would get slapped down so hard by the various regulatory agencies.

djdamo10 lähetti viestin:

Steam should be more dominant on Linus and Mac, I am suggesting that windows could hide away steam app behind a pay wall to encourage gamers to uses Microsoft products and not 3 party applications to purchase and download games.

The scenarios you are describing would be a literal text book definition of an illegal monopoly, and something that would basically never happen. Microsoft even sells some of their own games on Steam like the Halo collection.

[Mad Scientist]

djdamo10 lähetti viestin:

Steam should be more dominant on Linus and Mac, I am suggesting that windows could hide away steam app behind a pay wall to encourage gamers to uses Microsoft products and not 3 party applications to purchase and download games.

Steam has Proton, so people may choose to utilize that already. It's obviously popular with the SteamDeck and people that just prefer Linux or a free OS.

MAC is not even worth developing games on, so it's not much worth keeping too updated for mac client especially since they make poor business decisions that affect their users, like axing x32 support entirely.

[Mailer]

How is this a suggestion for Steam?

I'm absolutely certain Microsoft will continue to try and pull the plug on other launchers and make all of gaming on Windows funnel through their store and app environment alone and nowhere else, but they are not going to just single out Steam if they do that.

Besides, Valve is already diversifying as much as they can to avoid this happening and ruining them in the future. Steam for Linux, and, most importantly, Proton continues to exist and evolve.

As said above, it's the everyday software, not gaming, which would end up in a much worse spot if Microsoft eventually succeeded with their ultimate plans for Windows in the future.

[Mad Scientist]

Mailer lähetti viestin:

How is this a suggestion for Steam?

I'm absolutely certain Microsoft will continue to try and pull the plug on other launchers and make all of gaming on Windows funnel through their store alone and nowhere else, but they are not going to just single out Steam if they do that.

That would result in Antitrust and Monopoly lawsuits, something they prefer to avoid.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

1st thing 1st this is a suggestion for Steam platform only.
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/135507548120407092/

djdamo10 lähetti viestin:

As Microsoft gain grips on all software will they ban Steam and make you use there Xbox app or even worse Epic Launcher?

1) No, because there no reason, nor grounds for doing such, and Steam main client not even on Windows store itself, even if Microsoft ban Steam from Microsoft store, this only affect listing the APK which is Steam mobile app, and Steam mobile chat app which is for MOBILE devices, so this really wouldn't affect anyone UNLESS you're using A WINDOWS PHONE, which is unlikely as most people are using ANDROID & IPHONE, and Google is not own by Microsoft.

2) The Windows OS for laptops/desktops has no baring to block 3rd party apps, as that can cause them problems in legal cases in the future for targeting compaines to blocking from using OS when open to EVERYONE, and not restriction of on ANYONE, also Windows is an OS, not a STORE, hence why there a STORE that Windows has app for, which you're not force to used period, and not even needed to do your normal things either, the Store is it own app that optional to use. Hence why has nothing to do with Steam, or any other app to allowing 3rd party apps to install on OS.

djdamo10 lähetti viestin:

This would seam to make sense in current times as Microsoft comes away from consoles and tries to hit pc gamers with the 'Microsoft Tax'.

This could be the end of Steam on Windows unless you pay a monthly subscription to run steam on windows.

Either you're talking to someone that has no understanding at all, trying to push dumb theories that convince you of this idea, or you assume things completely way off, and have no idea what you're going on about.

There is a subscription for VIRTUAL CLOUD service where you can host a Windows desktop space, if you have any understanding what CLOUD gaming is, it's basically like that.

Here an example site this let you try out Linux distros online, what you do is select the distro, select the version, and then click start you see bootload, and then desktop on your browser, and you're trying out linux distro you picked THAT EXACTLY what Microsoft doing for service they're providing to those that want CLOUD service, and to businesses.
https://distrosea.com/ <--- Try Linux Mint

[djdamo10]

Mailer lähetti viestin:

How is this a suggestion for Steam?

I'm absolutely certain Microsoft will continue to try and pull the plug on other launchers and make all of gaming on Windows funnel through their store and app environment alone and nowhere else, but they are not going to just single out Steam if they do that.

Besides, Valve is already diversifying as much as they can to avoid this happening and ruining them in the future. Steam for Linux, and, most importantly, Proton continues to exist and evolve.

As said above, it's the everyday software, not gaming, which would end up in a much worse spot if Microsoft eventually succeeded with their ultimate plans for Windows in the future.

So the suggestion would be for steam to be more dominant on other platforms then.

[djdamo10]

Please can I get a actual admin response on the matter (Who is English), not keyboard worriors.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

djdamo10 lähetti viestin:

Please can I get a actual admin response on the matter (Who is English), not keyboard worriors.

None here.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

djdamo10 lähetti viestin:

So the suggestion would be for steam to be more dominant on other platforms then.

djdamo10 lähetti viestin:

Please can I get a actual admin response on the matter (Who is English), not keyboard worriors.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2996741918