This is neat, but I really would like to see Valve putting a tiny fraction of what must be a monstrous private cash pile into some new content that can run on these devices (and my old-school desktop).
I feel like I am in the middle of a desert of gaming content right now... I can see the mirage of BF2042 and AOE4 on the horizon, but who knows how that is going to play out once we get there.
Maybe Netflix (with the recent EA exec acquihire) can pick up some of the AAA gaming slack with their even more gigantic pool of cash and inclination to greenlight and fund everything that even remotely sounds interesting.
I'm totally cool with a role reversal if Valve execs feel the need to master all manner of hardware. Someone else will eventually fill that software role.
>>"I feel like I am in the middle of a desert of gaming content right now..."
Sorry, just to check... Are you saying you are genuinely bored and have nothing to play right now?
I am envious beyond belief.... I feel there are literally hundreds of high quality brilliant games out there in a real and virtual backlog I'd love to play, but time is limited and I'll realistically never get to them :-/
I'd imagine that Valve is counting on others to fill that software void, as they frequently have in the past. Frankly? I can't blame them. Proton has gotten to the point where most Windows games "just work" on Linux the same day they release for PC. Death Stranding, Cyberpunk 2077 and Battlefield 5 all ran on Linux within a week of their release, and I'd imagine that compatibility will only get better as time goes on.
I feel like I am in the middle of a desert of gaming content right now... I can see the mirage of BF2042 and AOE4 on the horizon, but who knows how that is going to play out once we get there.
Maybe Netflix (with the recent EA exec acquihire) can pick up some of the AAA gaming slack with their even more gigantic pool of cash and inclination to greenlight and fund everything that even remotely sounds interesting.
I'm totally cool with a role reversal if Valve execs feel the need to master all manner of hardware. Someone else will eventually fill that software role.