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  • Valve Reaffirms Commitment To Linux, SteamOS

    While there was a lot of hoopla recently about Valve removing the "Steam Machines" link from their main navigation on their website, Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais has written a public post to reaffirm the company's commitment to Linux and SteamOS.

    While he acknowledges that Valve dropped the "Steam Machines" link as it wasn't getting much traffic, they are still committed to their Linux goals. "We're still working hard on making Linux operating systems a great place for gaming and applications. We think it will ultimately result in a better experience for developers and customers alike, including those not on Steam."

  • Valve confirms their continued support for Linux gaming

    It seems my recent article about Valve removing the link to the Steam Machines page caused quite a stir, so Valve have now confirmed their continued support for Linux gaming.

    Truthfully, I wasn't expecting my article to do anything, however I seem to have vastly underestimated just how many eyes there are on us now. Many larger tech and gaming sites picked it up from us like PC Gamer, Ars Technica (who amusingly called us a "fan site"), VG247 and so on. Many more sites then picked up the news from them (some claiming it was originally reported by others—oh well, can't win them all) and so it ended up as a much bigger story.

    We've had quite a lot of emails and notifications about this, including a Valve rep emailing us directly to link us to this post by Pierre-Loup Griffais, where they state that the removal of the Steam Machines link was part of a "routine cleanup" where it was removed based on "user traffic".

  • SteamOS, Linux, and Steam Machines

    We've noticed that what started out as a routine cleanup of the Steam Store navigation turned into a story about the delisting of Steam Machines. That section of the Steam Store is still available, but was removed from the main navigation bar based on user traffic. Given that this change has sparked a lot of interest, we thought it'd make sense to address some of the points we've seen people take away from it.

    While it's true Steam Machines aren't exactly flying off the shelves, our reasons for striving towards a competitive and open gaming platform haven't significantly changed. We're still working hard on making Linux operating systems a great place for gaming and applications. We think it will ultimately result in a better experience for developers and customers alike, including those not on Steam.

  • Valve Says It's Committed to Make Linux and SteamOS a Great Place for Gaming

    Valve has addressed the exaggerated disappearance of the Steam Machines section from the Steam Store that some users noticed last week, confirming Steam Machines, nor SteamOS and Linux support.

    Valve said that the Steam Machines section was delisted from the Steam Store navigation after a routine cleanup, but the page is still available here for those who want to purchase a gaming console powered by SteamOS, Valve's Debian-based GNU/Linux operating system for Steam Machines.

    User traffic has to do with the removal of the Steam Machines section from the main navigation bar of the Steam Store, and while it doesn't look like Valve plans to enable it again in the Steam Store navigation due to sluggish sales, it confirms their continued support for Linux gaming and SteamOS.

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  • Valve Updates Users on the State of their Steam Machines

    A few days ago, Valve ended up removing the Steam Machines section from the main navigation page of Steam. Many users noted of this change, and have wanted answers as to why it was removed. Today, Valve’s Pierre-Loup A. Griffais gave a small statement on why their Steam Machines were de-listed from the main navigation bar.

    A Steam Machine is an entertainment system built around SteamOS, an operating system based on Ubuntu Linux. Steam Machines were designed to not only serve as a gaming rig, but to also be the center of entertainment in a living room rather than a proper desk setup, and be intuitive for programmers and designers. While these machines can play games, they are not as beefy as their gaming-built counterparts. Due to their average performance with modern AAA games, high price relative to building or buying a gaming PC, lack of future hardware upgrades, and technical issues, Steam Machines have not had the best track record with sales.

  • Follow-up: Valve updates the world on the fate of Steam Machine game consoles

    Griffais writes, “While it’s true Steam Machines aren’t exactly flying off the shelves, our reasons for striving towards a competitive and open gaming platform haven’t significantly changed. We’re still working hard on making Linux operating systems a great place for gaming and applications. We think it will ultimately result in a better experience for developers and customers alike, including those not on Steam.”

  • Valve Addresses Steam Machines, Claims It’s Still Working On Linux

    Late last week, Valve quietly removed the Steam Machine from Steam’s front page. Today, Valve coder Pierre-Loup Griffais decided to respond in a blog post to rumors that Valve was giving up on Steam OS, and in turn Linux and Mac OS which were sparked by the project’s disappearance.

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