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Valve was founded 30 years ago today — changed PC gaming forever with Half-Life, then Steam

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“We remember the first wave of Steam Machines, so Valve isn’t immune to strategic missteps. However, it seems to have found much greater success in the hardware realm with the introduction of the Steam Deck handheld. It clearly wants to rekindle the Steam Machine desktop dream, but the PC industry is having something of a moment right now, with the AI-pocalypse making so many key components of PCs (and consoles, and smart devices) unaffordable. However, the software support for the new hardware thrust, things like SteamOS and Proton, seems to be improving at an enviable pace, clearly worrying Microsoft's Windows and Xbox divisions. If and when we get past this difficult hardware pricing cycle, perhaps other console makers should be worried too.“

Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-...d-pc-gaming-forever-with-half-life-then-steam
 
30 years? That would take me way past the eligibility for AARP then.....

Still have my HL t-shirt that came with the orange box. Doesn't fit though. Shrunk in the wash.

Glad to see they have done great work on the Linux gaming front.
 
For the most part, Steam digital distribution fixed the prevalent piracy problem that PC gaming had, especially in certain regions.
 
That explains my back catalog pretty well..."30 Years........yep..". Now I need to look ahead and go "So long long do I think I'll have full use of my fine muscle coordination.......shit...better get started..."

Remember when Gabe was just that guy who kept playing coy about Half Life 3.....and we were all pissed that all he cared about was this digital distribution platform? :D

I mean I'l still pissed about HL3 but honestly the guy's got a Naval Fleet now......so......I mean....well....
 
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That explains my back catalog pretty well..."30 Years........yep..". Now I need to look ahead and go "So long long do I think I'll have full use of my fine muscle coordination.......shit...better get started..."

Remember when Gabe was just that guy who kept playing coy about Half Life 3.....and we were all pissed that all he cared about was this digital distribution platform? :D

I mean I'l still pissed about HL3 but honestly the guy's got a Naval Fleet now......so......I mean....well....
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It's "only" been 21 years since third-party games started being sold on Steam.
 
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