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Before Developing Steam, Valve Reached Out to Many Companies to Help Them, with No Success. Which of These Was Not Among Those Approached?

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In the early 2000s, Valve was facing significant challenges in supporting its growing portfolio of online games – particularly Counter-Strike, which had become a massive hit. Keeping...

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The game on Linux is growing in popularity, reaching a record 2.69 percent market share on Steam in May 2025. This notable increase is largely due to Valve's efforts with SteamOS and its portable console, the Steam Deck.

Although Windows still dominates Steam, dedicated gaming distribution on Steam has sparked a trend and has even taken away SteamOS market share for the first time. Games under Linux have now arrived.

Steam data is now available for the month of May, and we're not going to talk about components. For once, let's take a moment to look at the operating systems, and especially Linux. The Steam Deck came out a little while ago, and SteamOS has expanded especially well, both in performance and functionality. And now its compatibility with other machines since the Lenovo Legion Go S is delivered basic with, while the installation on the first Legion…

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phoronix.com broke the news in on Monday, June 2, 2025.
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