Pierre-Loup from the Valve Corporation has addressed the controversial removal of Steam Machines from the Steam Store that made the rumor mill. He says that they aren’t actually removed from the Steam Store, but are simply in hiding behind relevant and thus much better selling products in the navigational tree. This revelation brought all the Linux cave dwellers out in force to cheer for their favorite product.

On a serious note, he admitted that they weren’t flying off store shelves and then detailed all the extensive work that Valve is doing to make Vulkan, Steam, and gaming in general better. Then he mentions SteamOS while name dropping macOS and iOS. This should get those external Thunderbolt GPU cages that Apple was promoting some traction! Thanks @cageymaru.



While it’s true Steam Machines aren’t exactly flying off the shelves, our reasons for striving towards a competitive and open gaming platform haven’t significantly changed. We’re still working hard on making Linux operating systems a great place for gaming and applications. We think it will ultimately result in a better experience for developers and customers alike, including those not on Steam.

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