sirsquid@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoValve COO on Epic's Tim Sweeney "you mad bro?" when launching the Epic Store (repost, clarified was internal email)www.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down16cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1123arrow-down1external-linkValve COO on Epic's Tim Sweeney "you mad bro?" when launching the Epic Store (repost, clarified was internal email)www.gamingonlinux.comsirsquid@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square38fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·4 months agoProton really only caters to a very small ~3% of enthusiasts and stands to potentially benefit Valve far more than any individual consumer. Valve could definitely decide they want to be dicks tomorrow, but they haven’t in the last 3 decades, so why start now?
minus-squareiturnedintoanewt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months ago… Because everyone else started now. And so far they all got away with it.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoThey didn’t start now, they started a very long time ago.
Proton really only caters to a very small ~3% of enthusiasts and stands to potentially benefit Valve far more than any individual consumer.
Valve could definitely decide they want to be dicks tomorrow, but they haven’t in the last 3 decades, so why start now?
… Because everyone else started now. And so far they all got away with it.
They didn’t start now, they started a very long time ago.