Valve has No Plans for Its Own Game , but Wants Microsoft's Service on Steam

Microsoft has been rumors Sony will also soon launch a competitive subscription. Many people wondered whether Valve is going to the competition in this category. It turns out that it has no plans to do so.

Valve has no plans for a "Steam "

The information comes from Gabe Newell's interview with PC Gamer. In it he stated that:

1. Valve has no plans for a subscription service like Game .
2. However, knowing how the service is clearly popular among gamers, Valve would like Microsoft to make Game available on Steam.

Is Game on Steam possible?

1. A precedent has already been set - a similar subscription to EA Play can be activated on Steam.
2. The problem lies in the fact that the games available on PC Game are different versions than the releases on Steam and therefore they often differ in features and some problems appear only in some of them - for example the recent problems with Total War: Warhammer 3 mostly affect the Game release.
3. The obstacles standing in the way of bringing Game and Steam are not insurmountable, and Newell has itted that there have been discussions with people from Microsoft on the matter, but no decisions have been made as of yet.
4. The head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, has recently spoken positively about Steam Deck, so the relationship between the two companies seems to be good.
5. An additional problem with Steam Deck would be that it runs on a special version of Linux, while the PC Game offers Windows games. Valve uses Proton, a sort of compatibility buffer, but it is not an optimal solution.
6. It is worth mentioning that Valve and AMD are currently working on drivers that will allow for seamless installation of Windows on Steam Deck.

• Steam
• Gabe Newell
• Valve
• Xbox Game Studios / Microsoft Gaming
• subscriptions
• Xbox Game / PC Game
• PC