May 13, 2010

STEAM + MAC = GOOD 4 GAMES

I have no plans to play many, if at all any games on my mac now that steam is out. However I’m still very excited about the news. While Microsoft, Sony  and Nintendo take over gaming in the console world, valve on the other hand is making some very smart moves in the desktop world. Just like steam when it first came out on pc, steam on mac has very little in the way of games (but it does have free Portal). Steam for me has gone from being a irritation, back in the days of half life 2 on dial up, to one damn good reason to turn my back on retail store and deduce my piracy to zero.

As the library of games start to grow and mature for mac users so will gaming on mac. If Vavle brings out steam for Linux likes its been rummaged could this mean valve has a very strong standing in the desktop gaming world? While services like Games for Windows failed, could the killer combo of games like half-life, portal and Team fortress combined with steam  be Valves equivalent to Apple’s ipod and itunes?  Steam is not the only on-line gaming platform, nore is it the best designed one (though the new redesign is a step in the right direction), but its one of the most popular and it does have some great games and killer sales.

I for one welcome our “new” overload of Desktop gaming.

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