#HotTake / #speculation:

#Valve is using the #SteamDeck and #SteamMachine to force a tighter baseline on #gaming #computer #hardware and #Linux support. Whatever they produce, pretty much every #VideoGame company has to make their games run passably on it, meaning it has to be optimized enough to run on whatever #GPU they might be shipping in whatever #RAM / #VRAM constraints the system has, and it has to be stable in #Proton.

It's the console that #Steam itself is selling, they don't want people asking "why doesn't this run on standard hardware? Will it not run on my hardware either?"

I think this will be good for the #software market in general, as we've seen massive slippage in basic optimization for very little actual gain.

#ComputerScience #ComputerIndustry

Games run faster on #SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds - Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/06/games-run-faster-on-steamos-than-windows-11-ars-testing-finds/

> Lenovo Legion Go S gets better frame rates running Valve’s free operating system.
#Linux #Valve #Steam #Linuxgaming

Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for “promoting non-traditional sexualities” | Rock Paper Shotgun

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-block-steam-game-with-queer-art-in-russia-after-state-censor-attacks-it-for-promoting-non-traditional-sexualities

> Flick Solitaire has been removed from the Russian version of Steam after federal censor Roskomnadzor demanded that Valve take it down.

#steam #valve #capitalism #russia #gamedev #queer #queerArt #lgbtqia #gaming #linuxGaming

Valve dev counters calls to scrap Steam AI disclosures, says it's a "technology relying on cultural laundering, IP infringement, and slopification"

https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam/ai-disclousres-debate-valve-dev-response

> A Valve artist has defended AI disclosures on storefronts like Steam, saying they only scare those with "low effort" products.

#valve #steam #ai #llm #gaming #art #linuxGaming #gamedev

If Apple was actually serious about gaming, they would use their INSANE warchest to acquire Valve and put Gabe on the Board to really spearhead it. They’re not, so they won’t.

#Apple #Valve #Gaming

However you frame it, Valve's ham-fisted ban of an indie darling is another blow for free expression in video games, and this will always be a tragedy

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/however-you-frame-it-valves-ham-fisted-ban-of-an-indie-darling-is-another-blow-for-free-expression-in-video-games-and-this-will-always-be-a-tragedy

I think the #Epic vs. #Valve debate on #AI use disclosure is rather interesting because there are so many doctors that are relying on AI for their diagnosis (or at least Management is using it to figure who to fire) and many patients are right now unaware about this.

I think doctors and clinics should be required to disclose their AI use at the same level as the Steam Store does.

A lot of people are sick of AI hawking. Live and let live.

Gamesradar: Valve artist says that's "like saying food products shouldn't have their ingredients list" as Epic's Tim Sweeney and more call on Steam to drop the 'Made with AI' label https://www.gamesradar.com/games/valve-artist-says-thats-like-saying-food-products-shouldnt-have-their-ingredients-list-as-epics-tim-sweeney-and-more-call-on-steam-to-drop-the-made-with-ai-label/ @GamesRadar #Valve