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FabVali Mar 29 @ 4:58am
We need a mobile SteamStore e.g. like Playstore just with Steam!
Imagine a Steam Store where you can play all your games on mobile without connecting to your PC. This would be cool if you've already bought games on Steam and don't want to rerebuy them on Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
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Originally posted by Anonymous Helper:
Originally posted by FabVali:
Yes, but for example Geometry Dash. If you buy the PC version on Steam and play it, I don’t think Steam would let you buy it for a second time on the mobile version, because its the same game.

It is not actually. Game might seem to work the same (most of the time they don't) but the underlining code is completely different between PC and mobile. Mobile games are coded for ARM architecture, Android/iOS and touch controls. PC games are coded for x86/x64 architecture, Win/MacOS/Linux and Mouse & Keyboard controls and/or controller controls (there are lot of other considerations as well including power and limitations of the targeted platform). In order to port a game from PC to Mobile or vise versa, the code needs to reprogrammed to work on the another platform which takes tame an resources which equals a lot of money. If devs can't make money from porting they'll stop doing it.

Also why would Valve waste money on something if they can't make money out of it. As I said, if Valve were to open a mobile game shop, you'd still have to buy mobile versions even if you owned a PC version of the game. Only difference would be who you paid the money to, Valve or Google.
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Anonymous Helper Mar 29 @ 3:13pm 
Even if Valve did add mobile game store (which they won't), you'd still have to buy the games on mobile even if you owned the game on PC (and vice versa). Only difference would be is that you'd buy them from Steam instead of Google Play Store.

Apple mobile apps you can forget entirely as Apple does not permit competition in their closed ecosystem.
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FabVali Mar 30 @ 5:37am 
Yes, but for example Geometry Dash. If you buy the PC version on Steam and play it, I don’t think Steam would let you buy it for a second time on the mobile version, because its the same game.
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Anonymous Helper Mar 30 @ 5:59am 
Originally posted by FabVali:
Yes, but for example Geometry Dash. If you buy the PC version on Steam and play it, I don’t think Steam would let you buy it for a second time on the mobile version, because its the same game.

It is not actually. Game might seem to work the same (most of the time they don't) but the underlining code is completely different between PC and mobile. Mobile games are coded for ARM architecture, Android/iOS and touch controls. PC games are coded for x86/x64 architecture, Win/MacOS/Linux and Mouse & Keyboard controls and/or controller controls (there are lot of other considerations as well including power and limitations of the targeted platform). In order to port a game from PC to Mobile or vise versa, the code needs to reprogrammed to work on the another platform which takes tame an resources which equals a lot of money. If devs can't make money from porting they'll stop doing it.

Also why would Valve waste money on something if they can't make money out of it. As I said, if Valve were to open a mobile game shop, you'd still have to buy mobile versions even if you owned a PC version of the game. Only difference would be who you paid the money to, Valve or Google.
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