Combining mobile games and steam into one

[BulkRade]

This is a suggestion to steam to make their client target the mobile industry.

By redesigning the steam client to have to sections the PC section and a mobile section.

I would like for steam to make their client more adaptable by making it so that there are mobile games added to the system.

For E.G attending a mobile app section where if you download the steam app and if you bought the steam mobile game you can download it on your phone play it with steam Features like achievements and cards.

Making Steam Direct service available to mobile games developers.

Linking it to your steam home where you can view the games you bought on the PC but play the mobile game on your phone basically combining the main steam client with mobile gaming making steam not just a PC service but one for mobile as well.

Taking the gaming with you on the go.

Adding a mobile exclusive store/or tag to the games making user know this is mobile or PC.
Adding in the home where you can view owned PC and mobile games.

This is just my suggestion I don’t know if this will work or not, but I think this is the next step to steam to expand their market.

[Crazy Tiger]

You'd have to convince Google and most certainly Apple first to allow a second store on their patforms.

[BulkRade]

no i mean making steam replaace the google play stroe with basicaly Steam Mobile Game Store

[Traumhaft]

It's sad enough that there even is such a thing as "mobile gaming industry".

Most of them are F2P, so there is no real benefit here for Steam to keep inventory.

Although Gaben is a benevolent godfather, Valve still needs to make money.

It's extra work for little to no gain.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by BulkRade:

no i mean making steam replaace the google play stroe with basicaly Steam Mobile Game Store

Why would Google allow or do that?

[Ettanin]

Originally posted by BulkRade:

no i mean making steam replaace the google play stroe with basicaly Steam Mobile Game Store

Not going to happen. Valve would need to develop an Android fork that would work with virtually any phone. Not only are they liable for damaged/bricked hardware, but also liable for legal issues from the phone manufacturers (tied DRM, firmware signatures, etc.). The Google Play Store, if available on the device, is a hardwired integral part of the Android operating system.

Epic Games tried to evade the Google Play Store by making Fortnite a sideload-only game and failed miserably. An alt store will face similar issues. There are alternative store apps, but they aren't user-friendly to setup and use due to the restrictions set in the Android OS.

Regarding Apple/iOS - are you joking?

[cinedine]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Originally posted by BulkRade:

no i mean making steam replaace the google play stroe with basicaly Steam Mobile Game Store

Why would Google allow or do that?

Google actually does. Samsungs come pre-installed with the Galaxy Store. The Amazon Appstore exists since forever. F-Droid for free and open source apps. SlideMe on alternative OS.

It's Apple with the closed environment.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by cinedine:

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Why would Google allow or do that?

Google actually does. Samsungs come pre-installed with the Galaxy Store. The Amazon Appstore exists since forever. F-Droid for free and open source apps. SlideMe on alternative OS.

It's Apple with the closed environment.

Galxy Store and such don't replace the Google Play store, which is what OP talked about in the post he quoted.

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Originally posted by BulkRade:

no i mean making steam replaace the google play stroe with basicaly Steam Mobile Game Store

And how exactly would that happen? Are you expecting google to just throw their hands up and say "Well, steam customers want our store replaced with the same thing except branded with valve/steam. May as well let this happen"

[BulkRade]

Originally posted by The Living Tribunal:

Originally posted by BulkRade:

no i mean making steam replaace the google play stroe with basicaly Steam Mobile Game Store

And how exactly would that happen? Are you expecting google to just throw their hands up and say "Well, steam customers want our store replaced with the same thing except branded with valve/steam. May as well let this happen"

i think there is some miscomunication i do not meen to for steam to leteraly replace google but make someting similar to googlle play but steam google play will still be google play but steam will have a mobile dedicated app where developers can make games for the steam app and where you can downlode it throught the steam app so its more if andriod or apple will aprove of it but even then there are alot of diffrent types of phones that do not run with Android/IOS

[Snapjak]

What is the point of that when developers can just stick with Google Play?

Since nothing you buy on Steam is usable on mobile in the first place, there is zero incentive to move into the mobile market.

How do you suggest they go about other OSes on mobile? Those all require their own versions of games... it's not like you just copy/paste an iOS/Android app onto some new OS.