Microsoft + Steam = best gaming setup of all time?

Does anyone else wonder why microsoft doesnt use STEAM with the 360? Valve are constantly eager to expand the service, so i'm sure they'd be delighted to have it on a console. And for microsoft? Well, they wouldnt have to bother upkeeping servers or releasing LIVE dashboard updates any more. They could make LIVE free because... well there wouldnt be LIVE anymore. It'd be STEAM.

It'd be the same kinda service, only they wouldnt have to do anything to run it. They'd also instantly have millions of members already signed up to STEAM, and many millions more seeing as 360 owners would have no excuse not to sign up to a free service. Plus they wouldnt have to bother implementing their own digital distribution infrastructure; there's one right there.

It makes perfect sense to me, and i often wonder why they dont go for it over at microsoft.

Does anyone else wonder why microsoft doesnt use STEAM with the 360? Valve are constantly eager to expand the service, so i'm sure they'd be delighted to have it on a console. And for microsoft? Well, they wouldnt have to bother upkeeping servers or releasing LIVE dashboard updates any more. They could make LIVE free because... well there wouldnt be LIVE anymore. It'd be STEAM.

It'd be the same kinda service, only they wouldnt have to do anything to run it. They'd also instantly have millions of members already signed up to STEAM, and many millions more seeing as 360 owners would have no excuse not to sign up to a free service. Plus they wouldnt have to bother implementing their own digital distribution infrastructure; there's one right there.

It makes perfect sense to me, and i often wonder why they dont go for it over at microsoft.

Ninja-Hippo

But Microsoft would be giving up control over their online service? They would never do that.

i wouldn't watn to see steam on the 360. microsoft already has a steam like thing its called games for windows. that failed because people didn't want to pay for online so they made it free. iam2green

does games for windows even have any games? all i know it has are: gears of war, viva pinata and lost plannet... hardly a killer selection...

But Microsoft would be giving up control over their online service? They would never do that.

HappyAppe

But they'd be giving control to something which is practically exactly the same.

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But Microsoft would be giving up control over their online service? They would never do that.

Ninja-Hippo

But they'd be giving control to something which is practically exactly the same.

No, its not the same thing, because MS doesnt own STEAM. So MS wouldnt have that power to decide what DLC gets charged and which ones are free. MS would essentially lose thier monopoly on their only system and share it with valve. Not to appealing to MS honestly.

[QUOTE="iam2green"]i wouldn't watn to see steam on the 360. microsoft already has a steam like thing its called games for windows. that failed because people didn't want to pay for online so they made it free. st1ka

does games for windows even have any games? all i know it has are: gears of war, viva pinata and lost plannet... hardly a killer selection...

It has many great games, for example there is Crysis, Crysis: Warhead, World In Conflict, Sins Of A Solar Empire, Fallout 3...etc.

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[QUOTE="iam2green"]i wouldn't watn to see steam on the 360. microsoft already has a steam like thing its called games for windows. that failed because people didn't want to pay for online so they made it free. tiiaan

does games for windows even have any games? all i know it has are: gears of war, viva pinata and lost plannet... hardly a killer selection...

It has many great games, for example there is Crysis, Crysis: Warhead, World In Conflict, Sins Of A Solar Empire, Fallout 3...etc.

Xbox Live: Microsoft makes money from subscriptions, and from every transaction.

Steam: Microsoft makes no money from subscriptions or transactions.

The choice seems obvious for them. Especially since Microsoft wants their platform much more closed than Valve would like.

Does anyone else wonder why microsoft doesnt use STEAM with the 360? Valve are constantly eager to expand the service, so i'm sure they'd be delighted to have it on a console. And for microsoft? Well, they wouldnt have to bother upkeeping servers or releasing LIVE dashboard updates any more. They could make LIVE free because... well there wouldnt be LIVE anymore. It'd be STEAM.

It'd be the same kinda service, only they wouldnt have to do anything to run it. They'd also instantly have millions of members already signed up to STEAM, and many millions more seeing as 360 owners would have no excuse not to sign up to a free service. Plus they wouldnt have to bother implementing their own digital distribution infrastructure; there's one right there.

It makes perfect sense to me, and i often wonder why they dont go for it over at microsoft.

Ninja-Hippo

[QUOTE="iam2green"]i wouldn't watn to see steam on the 360. microsoft already has a steam like thing its called games for windows. that failed because people didn't want to pay for online so they made it free. st1ka

does games for windows even have any games? all i know it has are: gears of war, viva pinata and lost plannet... hardly a killer selection...

it has ............ GTA4 & Fallout 3 & Dawn of War 2

aside from gta4 the other 2 are on steam

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[QUOTE="iam2green"]i wouldn't watn to see steam on the 360. microsoft already has a steam like thing its called games for windows. that failed because people didn't want to pay for online so they made it free. tiiaan

does games for windows even have any games? all i know it has are: gears of war, viva pinata and lost plannet... hardly a killer selection...

It has many great games, for example there is Crysis, Crysis: Warhead, World In Conflict, Sins Of A Solar Empire, Fallout 3...etc.

It could happen if Microsoft bought out Valve. Thats the way MS tends to work, for example Media Player was not written by MS, they bought it out, like a lot of their software...

MS are looking to buy out Yahoo next. MS don't like "partners" they just wanna absorb things. It's a good idea for MS to buy Valve to be honest. They would rename is MS downlaods or something, and within a few years people will ahve forgotten about a firm called Valve, just like allt he other companies its absorbed, and it'll get embedded into future Windows versions etc.

Eh?

Its a complete conflict of interest.

Why would MS give Valve a monopoly on the serivice they have a complete monopoly on themselves.

Steam does kick ass though.