Gabe Newell: Linux is the future of gaming, new hardware coming soon

[velik_m]

Gabe Newell, the co-founder and managing director of Valve, said today that Linux is the future of gaming despite its current minuscule share of the market.

That seems hard to believe, given that Newell acknowledged Linux gaming generally accounts for less than one percent of the market by any measure including players, player minutes, and revenue. But Valve is going to do its best to make sure Linux becomes the future of gaming by extending its Steam distribution platform to hardware designed for living rooms.

Newell made his comments while delivering a keynote at LinuxCon in New Orleans. "It feels a little bit funny coming here and telling you guys that Linux and open source are the future of gaming," Newell said. "It's sort of like going to Rome and teaching Catholicism to the pope."

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/09/gabe-newell-linux-is-the-future-of-gaming-new-hardware-coming-soon/

[TDMVPDPOY]

problem with linux, not many wankers the 99% of pcusers dont like to switch, fck them they dont know what they are missin out on

[leemajors]

problem with linux, not many wankers the 99% of pcusers dont like to switch, fck them they dont know what they are missin out on

He's likely talking mostly about the steam box, which I am guessing will run Linux.

[resistanze]

I don't wanna hear anything out of his fat mouth unless it's about HL3

[Venti Quattro]

Maybe, but nobody uses Linux except geeks or people who know what they're looking for.

[DJR210]

SteamOS is official. Gaben thinks using a less demanding OS will increase the performance in games. We'll see.