I do agree that monthly voluntary surveys is not an exceptional way for the general audience to have a clear idea on things are going on, but my point is less about the general audience and the responsibility weight Valve itself sit onto.

We can endlessly speculate on the secret/true data Valve is hiding from the general public, but in fact, only the actual public data affect their business: that’s where publisher and developers make the strategic choices on which platform (OS) and hardware (VR HMD, highend GPU…) to support. Any incorrect or nonfactual data would lead to less sales, and less happy developer/publisher/customers.

Yes, of course Valve does have it’s own “secret recipient data” they don’t share… but I think the secret data is used more as sort of control on those who try to cheat the stats.

Sometime simplified Chinese language goes on top, resulting English language as secondary for the whole platform… quite often Valve fix those stats, no doubt by cross referencing their secret sauce.

That’s how most modern anticheat in videogames works: the data is keep secret, until one special day you get one big wave that flush all them at once (if you throw constantly daily updated data on which kind of cheater you caught… the cheater got a precious feedback they can play onto)

I’m getting pretty tired of seeing these posts every five minutes from the same couple of sites.

Statistics have variance, especially when they’re recorded from voluntary surveys, please get over it.

Currently Valve is the only billion dollar company who invest in Linux gaming industry.

…incidentally is basically the only billion dollar PC company who invest in PC gaming and don’t have any kind of conflict of interest with Console (Microsoft’s Xbox? any major AAA game company who also publish/make exclusives to console? Epic Games’s Fortinite earning is 48% Playstation, 27% Xbox and remaining 18% for Nintendo Switch/Android/PC)

So, yeah, the earning on the only billion dollar company who is 100% all in in the PC gaming industry matter: those stats matter for Valve, at the very least.

… Like the refound policy, it’s not like big billionaire have any kind of obligation towards people’s health and safety: they can model the world just about those “special” islands they party all time

Any crime done by a spy in one nation is “a solve” from the side of the other nation.

…instead like, you know, being unemployed just because people are angry; I guess.

Chinese pirated copies in internet cafe for shady activities: usually Valve fixed this data in the coming days/hours. But I think it’s nice to have a snapshot: a sudden motion of 30% would technically mean a sudden switch of millions of customers (or a bunch bot machines well placed)

PC today sold at 1500€ will be sold at 500€ in 2028, so… yeah, I don’t know what people is thinking.

One could say “you’re missing the whole picture, Alessando: in 2028 people would want to buy shiny new 2028 PCs capable of 2028-tripleA-gaming”

But this is also not the whole picture: if a brand new in 2028 that cost 501€ (500+1) doesn’t, at very least, match a 1500€ from the 2025 PC… it simply mean that only rich idiot will buy brand new PC in 2028 (aka: OEM won’t simply sell new stuff)

Snapdragon platform is already tailing PC gaming… if OEM won’t sell new X86 PC, Snapdragon (and like) are coming to get that hole in the PC market.

(but my true hopes are in RiscV: ARM holding can easily dragged in the hardware AI hell as well as AMD and Intel were)

But y tho

Nvidia, Intel and AMD: their business now is circular money with AI and not PC gaming industry anymore.

Second hand market: “I am a joke to you?”

Depends on the government involved: Roblox tax money factory for US government, which considering a certain island, currently aren’t too keen get in too many details in wealthy predators.

(Each government around the worlds got their own, BTW)

Steam got around 132 milion scrive users monthly: target the “some” of the most wealthy is what “most” AAA publisher, that sells at AAA price are looking for. It’s not about “some” 3080: it’s about starting from there and add all people that paid premium price for their upgrade above that.

Bluetooth controller do exist by quite some time. …also bluetooth mouse and keyboard.

…ad also USB-C hub that recharge/give power, offer HDMI/DP port and usb slots.

I recall Ubuntu Phone back in 2011 was set to use these features to give a complete computing, Ubuntu Linux, experience on smartphone (and TV, as the smartphone connected to TV)

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Explain people expecting things to come from future, aka marketing PR.

Well, ARM looks like is hoping to leapfrog over x86 (Intel/AMD) in desktop computing. Once the “RISC” technology (Box86,FEX and alike) head in the PC gaming… we may begin to see options to companies who fed on the PC gaming industry (mostly AMD/Nvidia) and now are turning their back after various things coming along (crypto currency, AI…)

Clever idea would be to give to option to sell it without RAM and SSD (as option, you can still buy the whole package).

They need an open platform to soar, who cares if RAM and SSD comes from second hand market? Steam is a store, they could even lead the second hand market for the (key) accessory components!

Epic can take “some money” by selling third party indie and AAA games… or take “all the money” when people spend in Fortnite. It’s a conflict of interest: Epic don’t want a good store that do the job for other companies, Epic want advertisement for their single product. They give free games with the same logic you get free merchandise to gather people around place that cost money… they don’t give the customer free stuff to make them happy, they don’t give “free money” to publisher/developers because wants them happy (well, aside for the purpose to have happy business).

They want as much as people possible, regardless of their role as customer or publisher, to bring their business in their pocket.

It’s not 0, its “AAA piracy gaming” in China that’s basically 100% Windows.

Linux (kernel) is present in China in all other environment (Android, Supercomputers, servers, IoT… etc) but Windows desktop (office&home) platform.

Please, be aware that in the DENUVO version Leon wear Nekomimi ears and may had caused some FPS trouble with aerodynamics as he runs.

🎺"The upgrade argument for desktops doesn’t stand up anymore" 🎺

of course, you can still…

hum… well, you can also…

yeah, yeah, you can do that also… but…

…and so going on.