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Lenovo is reportedly planning to release a SteamOS variant of the Legion Go 2 at CES 2026 (www.windowslatest.com)
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[–] [S] 8 points 10 months ago*

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    [–] 12 points 10 months ago* (8 children)

    Live Valve/Gaben reaction :

    We designed this to be an open platform so that people can take steam os and do whatever they want with it.
    After all, once they have the device, they'll be getting the games from us anyway.
    We find that it's easier just to give people the tools, and then they can make us money. It worked with steam, TF2 workshop, and it will work with steam os and steam deck competitors. We sell out of whatever we make pretty quick anyway, so I don't care.
    I'm going scuba diving now

    EDIT 🤔 I wonder why it didn't work for Source/hammer/SFM(except for porn)/etc? Is it because hammer sucks balls?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Source engine isn't open source.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Was Source ever simply a public download available for developers to use? Same with Source 2? Available to download with licensing terms/revenue share details available for everyone. API documentation. Doesn't seem like they ever made Source or Source 2 readily available to be competitive with unreal engine or unity

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I mean, it DID work with Source/hammer. They're two parts of the same package. And a good number of games used a licensed Source engine.

    VtmB is an early but jank example. Apex Legends is a modern, successful one. https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/List_of_third-party_Source_games

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    [–] 14 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Makes sense - probably will perform better and they don't have to pay for a license.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    I wouldn't even blame Lenovo for not passing over the savings of Linux. Because that means, they have a huge reason to sell Linux based systems, as they make more money from each unit this way.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I actually thought Microsoft excuses handhelds from Windows licensing fees? Or discounts them?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    No idea, it's just regular Windows 11 underneath so I don't believe it's exempt from licensing.

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    • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    This is the way.

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    [–] [S] 4 points 10 months ago

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