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TerryLaze Why would valve offer support for windows?!?!? Could they even legally do this if they wanted to?!? They are not official windows representatives, they don't have any rights over windows IP. Reply
Nico H "Why tho" Weird take, Jowi. Why enable it? People like options. Why not support it? They didn't build it for that. /u/WhatsthatNoize on Reddit hit it on the head with a (admittedly abrasive) comment comparing supporting Windows on Steam Hardware would be like Apple providing Windows support on a Mac. Not quite an equal comparison, but close enough. 2026 has proven to be a great year for Linux gaming, and with CLI AI tools like Google Gemini (now replaced with Antigravity CLI) – it has never been easier or more accessible to users of all skill levels. Reply
wakuwaku TerryLaze said: Why would valve offer support for windows?!?!? Could they even legally do this if they wanted to?!? They are not official windows representatives, they don't have any rights over windows IP. Maybe get out of your cave before commenting on the internet. The post specifically says STEAM HARDWARE. When you download Nvidia GPU drivers from Dell and encounter an issue with the driver, lets say the driver "failed to load" based on the error in Device Manager, do you complain to Nvidia? No you complain to Dell. Even if you did try to complain to Nvidia, Nvidia will either help you forward the complain to Dell first, or tell you complain to Dell first. They won't entertain you. This is how the world works. Most if not all drivers that are released by device manufacturers for download on their own websites (laptops, desktops, handhelds, mini-pcs, etc) are usually customized by those manufacturers to suit their devices and their use cases. And when they do, it is their responsibility as the first in line to offer any support for the drivers that they provide to the customer. When it comes to Valve, all the more so since their device is custom at hardware level, especially the SOC. Drivers from AMD may not even work and AMD may not even release such drivers because its not their product. Its a product of Valve manufactured by AMD. Reply
TerryLaze wakuwaku said: Maybe get out of your cave before commenting on the internet. The post specifically says STEAM HARDWARE. When you download Nvidia GPU drivers from Dell and encounter an issue with the driver, lets say the driver "failed to load" based on the error in Device Manager, do you complain to Nvidia? No you complain to Dell. Even if you did try to complain to Nvidia, Nvidia will either help you forward the complain to Dell first, or tell you complain to Dell first. They won't entertain you. This is how the world works. Most if not all drivers that are released by device manufacturers for download on their own websites (laptops, desktops, handhelds, mini-pcs, etc) are usually customized by those manufacturers to suit their devices and their use cases. And when they do, it is their responsibility as the first in line to offer any support for the drivers that they provide to the customer. When it comes to Valve, all the more so since their device is custom at hardware level, especially the SOC. Drivers from AMD may not even work and AMD may not even release such drivers because its not their product. Its a product of Valve manufactured by AMD. The big difference here is that a dell PC comes with windows, they are partners with MS, the steam machine doesn't come with windows, wasn't made for windows, and valve isn't a OS partner of MS. Reply
mrdoc22 It's just drivers for Windows to get Steam Deck or Steam Machine working. Microsoft are just releaseing standard drivers, not drivers for special hardware. It's the hardware producents problem to make drivers , to getting the hardware to work with Windows. (Most people dosen't think of this when installing, because Windows is big loaded with drivers from a many hardwareproducents or found on "Windows update catalog") The problem here is that Valve won't stand with, they are hardware producent and dont't support they own drivers they are releasing, it's the responsibility as hardware producent. Reply
John Kiser mrdoc22 said: It's just drivers for Windows to get Steam Deck or Steam Machine working. Microsoft are just releaseing standard drivers, not drivers for special hardware. It's the hardware producents problem to make drivers , to getting the hardware to work with Windows. (Most people dosen't think of this when installing, because Windows is big loaded with drivers from a many hardwareproducents or found on "Windows update catalog") The problem here is that Valve won't stand with, they are hardware producent and dont't support they own drivers they are releasing, it's the responsibility as hardware producent. Valve doesn't make the hardware. AMD made the hardware for valve and its a barely semi custom zen 4 based chip. Valve is not the "hardware producent" as you put it. They can simply ask amd for a Windows version of drivers and for all intents and purposes nothing other than the gpu being recognized on graphics driver install even matters here and that would again be a simple enough request from valve to amd. You really think the likes of Lenovo, msi, or asus are crafting their own drivers for Intel or amd hardware ? Reply
ezst036 Windows is a legacy OS. Gamers also hate it. Even if Windows currently has the most usage right now, Windows has been in a hard, solid, undeniable, and unmoveable decline for 20 or more years. What is the incentive to offer super stellar support for it on Steam Hardware? Let AMD and others cover the basics and move on. Especially considering the birth of all of this anyways, Valve was scared to death of the Windows Store back in Windows 8 and so they beefed up Linux to where it is today a decade later. Windows is the past. Windows is not the future. Reply
usertests X86 device supports Windows, news at 11. Reply
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