▲ 265 ▼ Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was asked by Verge why there is no support for the Steam Deck for Fortnite (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] firecat@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) That’s ONLY according to Valve and has many court cases revealed, Valve has a history of lying. Valve lies about ownership of the game controller. Valve lied to AU to not get refunds to the people. Valve lied about VR funding. Valve lied to the EU government officials in GEO region lawsuit. Valve is not a trusted company and you should not trust sources based solely off Valve. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's certainly reasonable to be sceptical, but you should also ask yourself: what would be their motivation for lying here? What would they gain by saying there are 3.5% non-Windows users when there are actually less than 1%? Lying about funding and legal compliance has obvious motivation. And maybe there is some reason for lying about their platform usage breakdown too, but it's certainly not as obvious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] firecat@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) People are just believing in the status. In the old days the sales numbers from individual businesses were the focus. Nowadays they are used as a console indicator for sales. Steam blocking people from accessing API sell means Valve can lie without proof. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-privacy-changes-block-steamspy If you play Genshin Impact, a false god was believed to be their god for years. Only it wasn’t their actual god. This is the same thing, Valve wants people to believe in the status and they want people to not question it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Valve wants people to believe in the status and they want people to not question it But why would they want people to believe in the status of Mac being much higher than it is? Or Linux? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] firecat@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago There’s a thing where if you make it unbelievably easy to get caught, you will get caught. The numbers are just balanced so people won’t question it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's certainly reasonable to be sceptical, but you should also ask yourself: what would be their motivation for lying here? What would they gain by saying there are 3.5% non-Windows users when there are actually less than 1%? Lying about funding and legal compliance has obvious motivation. And maybe there is some reason for lying about their platform usage breakdown too, but it's certainly not as obvious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] firecat@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) People are just believing in the status. In the old days the sales numbers from individual businesses were the focus. Nowadays they are used as a console indicator for sales. Steam blocking people from accessing API sell means Valve can lie without proof. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-privacy-changes-block-steamspy If you play Genshin Impact, a false god was believed to be their god for years. Only it wasn’t their actual god. This is the same thing, Valve wants people to believe in the status and they want people to not question it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Valve wants people to believe in the status and they want people to not question it But why would they want people to believe in the status of Mac being much higher than it is? Or Linux? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] firecat@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago There’s a thing where if you make it unbelievably easy to get caught, you will get caught. The numbers are just balanced so people won’t question it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] firecat@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) People are just believing in the status. In the old days the sales numbers from individual businesses were the focus. Nowadays they are used as a console indicator for sales. Steam blocking people from accessing API sell means Valve can lie without proof. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-privacy-changes-block-steamspy If you play Genshin Impact, a false god was believed to be their god for years. Only it wasn’t their actual god. This is the same thing, Valve wants people to believe in the status and they want people to not question it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Valve wants people to believe in the status and they want people to not question it But why would they want people to believe in the status of Mac being much higher than it is? Or Linux? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] firecat@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago There’s a thing where if you make it unbelievably easy to get caught, you will get caught. The numbers are just balanced so people won’t question it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Valve wants people to believe in the status and they want people to not question it But why would they want people to believe in the status of Mac being much higher than it is? Or Linux? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] firecat@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago There’s a thing where if you make it unbelievably easy to get caught, you will get caught. The numbers are just balanced so people won’t question it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] firecat@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago There’s a thing where if you make it unbelievably easy to get caught, you will get caught. The numbers are just balanced so people won’t question it. permalink fedilink source parent
