Is it possible to run Steam in Windows 98?

[MarioFanaticXV]

I want to set up a Vitual Box machine to run some older games that don't work well (and sometimes don't work at all) on Windows 10. For the most part, XP is my preferred system for such, but there are a few games which run suboptimal even on there- so I was wondering, is it possible to get Steam working in Windows 98?

[General Zod]

No as it is not supported anymore. It barely, if at all , works with XP

[Cathulhu]

No, not possible. Valve dropped support for that OS in 2007. I'm pretty sure that with all those updates and changes Steam can no longer run on such an old OS.
Especially the implementation of Webkit comes to mind.

[MarioFanaticXV]

Mmm, pity; they really should consider removing games that don't work on modern OSs from their library then, or at least giving out the source codes for them if they're not willing to work on it themselves.

[Falro the Great]

Originally posted by MarioFanaticXV:

Mmm, pity; they really should consider removing games that don't work on modern OSs from their library then, or at least giving out the source codes for them if they're not willing to work on it themselves.

That would be up to the developers, not Steam/Valve. Plus, most, if not all, games which don't like to work on W7+ can be fixed with a few simple tweaks.

[MarioFanaticXV]

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

Originally posted by MarioFanaticXV:

Mmm, pity; they really should consider removing games that don't work on modern OSs from their library then, or at least giving out the source codes for them if they're not willing to work on it themselves.

That would be up to the developers, not Steam/Valve. Plus, most, if not all, games which don't like to work on W7+ can be fixed with a few simple tweaks.

Valve is the one publishing them, they should make sure things are up to par. Especially since many of them the developers are no longer around.

As for tweaking, that's acceptable when one buys an old version of an old game. When it's still being sold, it's the responsibility of the seller to ensure they are not selling defective products.

[Falro the Great]

Originally posted by MarioFanaticXV:

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

That would be up to the developers, not Steam/Valve. Plus, most, if not all, games which don't like to work on W7+ can be fixed with a few simple tweaks.

Valve is the one publishing them, they should make sure things are up to par. Especially since many of them the developers are no longer around.

As for tweaking, that's acceptable when one buys an old version of an old game. When it's still being sold, it's the responsibility of the seller to ensure they are not selling defective products.

Uh, I sure hope you don't go to Walmart and ask them to update games.
Also, if they work, they're not "defective".

[MarioFanaticXV]

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

Originally posted by MarioFanaticXV:

Valve is the one publishing them, they should make sure things are up to par. Especially since many of them the developers are no longer around.

As for tweaking, that's acceptable when one buys an old version of an old game. When it's still being sold, it's the responsibility of the seller to ensure they are not selling defective products.

Uh, I sure hope you don't go to Walmart and ask them to update games.
Also, if they work, they're not "defective".

Walmart isn't producing the games as they sell them, but if there was a known defective game, they would issue a recall.

And thank you for defining "defective", even though that adds nothing to the conversation, and I doubt anyone here was in question of the meaning of the word.

[Falro the Great]

Originally posted by MarioFanaticXV:

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

Uh, I sure hope you don't go to Walmart and ask them to update games.
Also, if they work, they're not "defective".

Walmart isn't producing the games as they sell them,

Neither is Steam.

but if there was a known defective game, they would issue a recall.

Can you name one "defective" game being sold on the Steam Store?

[MarioFanaticXV]

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

Originally posted by MarioFanaticXV:

Walmart isn't producing the games as they sell them,

Neither is Steam.

but if there was a known defective game, they would issue a recall.

Can you name one "defective" game being sold on the Steam Store?

My apologies, I didn't realize that Steam had the data on my computer for all games I want to purchase already installed on there, without me even knowing it; that's creepy and illegal, you know.

Goodbye troll, I'm done indulging you.

[Falro the Great]

Originally posted by MarioFanaticXV:

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

Neither is Steam.

Can you name one "defective" game being sold on the Steam Store?

My apologies, I didn't realize that Steam had the data on my computer for all games I want to purchase already installed on there, without me even knowing it; that's creepy and illegal, you know.

Sorry, what? I don't know where that's coming from.

I honestly want to have a discussion with you, but since I see you're not in the right frame of mind, I'll take my leave.

[FinalplayerRyu]

To chime in on an old discussion... i have steam running on my old Laptop with Windows XP.

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by FinalplayerRyu:

To chime in on an old discussion... i have steam running on my old Laptop with Windows XP.

Yes, it is supported on XP.

http://store.steampowered.com/about/

System Requirements

Windows XP, Vista, or 7
512 MB RAM
1 Ghz or faster processor

[Aesthetic]

Originally posted by MarioFanaticXV:

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

That would be up to the developers, not Steam/Valve. Plus, most, if not all, games which don't like to work on W7+ can be fixed with a few simple tweaks.

Valve is the one publishing them, they should make sure things are up to par. Especially since many of them the developers are no longer around.

As for tweaking, that's acceptable when one buys an old version of an old game. When it's still being sold, it's the responsibility of the seller to ensure they are not selling defective products.

To answer this, Valve does not publish the games that developers sell on Steam. They (the developers) have their own publishers. You're giving Valve way too much authority here as publishers have certain rights that Valve does not possess.

Steam is just a storefront and little more than that.

For information on finding out who the publisher of a game is, you can view that information on any game's store page. Example: http://store.steampowered.com/app/244750/Aztez/

Title: Aztez
Genre: Action, Indie, Strategy
Developer: Team Colorblind
Publisher: Team Colorblind
Release Date: Aug 1, 2017

On games that Valve does develop and publish themselves, you'll see that information reflected on the game's store such as shown on this page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/730/CounterStrike_Global_Offensive/

Title: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Genre: Action
Developer: Valve
Publisher: Valve
Release Date: Aug 21, 2012

Another distinction is that a publisher can chooce where their game is sold and so a game can be available for purchase on both Steam and other areas if that publisher so choose. The example of Walmart used above is a good one. Walmart is not the publisher of your games.

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only xp and above is supported
however the big picture mode is not supported on xp

[MarioFanaticXV]

The publisher is the one that produces the product being sold. Valve owns the servers that the data is copied from, that makes them the publisher for all games on Steam. They are not (generally) the developer, but that's very different from being the publisher. I'm not talking about the publisher(s) of physical copies that are bought, I'm talking aobut Steam. Saying it's "just a storefront" is pretty ignorant of how Steam works. Wal-Mart is a storefront. GameStop is a storefront. Best Buy is a storefront. Steam is a host that publishes the digital versions of games, similar to GOG. The digital equivalent of a storefront would be something like Humble Bundle (though sometimes they pubish too) or Green Man Gaming.