Quoting: rustybroomhandleI'm not even saying Rosen is lying - he may well have had contact with a particularly crappy Valve rep who had their own fascist interpretation of the rules. I just can't see Valve doing this as official policy in any way.

Chet Faliszek (no longer at Valve, but still...) already said that such a clause simply does not exist. Rosen also didn't do himself any favors when he just made the claim without any evidence.

If such a clause in the contract, he could have brought it up in the lawsuit. He didn't.

If he was told by a Valve employee that he couldn't sell his games elsewhere for less - why didn't he release those interactions?

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Quoting: scaineMakes me wonder if the entire purpose of the lawsuit was so that Wolfire Games could price their games differently on other stores without any comeback from Valve as to the practice.

They could have done that from the beginning.

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Quoting: dindon

Quoting: kuhpunktIsn't the Steam Deck also just a Steam Machine? It's a PC with SteamOS preinstalled.

Custom APU, handheld, new OS adapted to form-factor, no man in between as Valve build the whole thing whereas for Steam Machine I believe Valve only released the OS. Quite different I'd say.

But it's still a PC with SteamOS.

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Isn't the Steam Deck also just a Steam Machine? It's a PC with SteamOS preinstalled.

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Quoting: ValsoInstead of remastering it, they should have made more stories. Remastering the game won't make it more interesting.

Did you even read the article? They aren't remastering the game. A fan is doing that.

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Quoting: emphyStill peeved at the forced install of that shop to be able to play the game. I'll keep skipping it.

Yes, I can hold grudges for a long, long time.

lol

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Quoting: KuJo

Quoting: kuhpunktI mean Trine 4 didn't even get a native release, so there's no reason to complain. It could't have gotten worse.

Actually, they shouldn't be that far away from a native Linux version ... because the game was released for/on Stadia in March:
-> https://www.frozenbyte.com/2021/03/trine-4-the-nightmare-prince-now-out-on-stadia/ [External Link]

And Stadia runs with Linux ... apart from the framework adaptations that are required for Stadia. But well ... there is probably already a bigger gaming market under Stadia than for Linux ... or Google added a few bucks for the port ...

But the Stadia version doesn't change the fact that Trine 4 never got a Linux port on Steam. Nobody lost anything here.

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A bit more mainstream coverage (referencing GoL and the comments here)

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-decks-proton-a-total-war-saga [External Link]

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I mean Trine 4 didn't even get a native release, so there's no reason to complain. It could't have gotten worse.

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Quoting: barottoBut Long term I can see porting companies and Linux professionals losing their job and native versions disappear form the market. There's a risk Linux won't be seen as a target platform ever again. I'm not sure it's a good thing...

Who knows what happens in the future, but the status quo always changes. Blockbuster died due to online streaming. Should we have kept Blockbuster artificially alive - just for the sake of it?

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