Microsoft is not buying Valve & Counter-Strike for £12 billion - unsurprisingly
metro.co.uk
A rumour that Microsoft wants to take over the PC market with a £12 billion acquisition of Valve is being ridiculed on social media.
        • PlexSheep@infosec.pubEnglish
          12·
          6 months ago

          But to be fair, that’s kinda hard for those old games and it still runs with wine.

          That being said, valve is an ally of the Linux community. There are almost no companies that can be trusted, but valve is one of them.

          • bastion@feddit.nlEnglish
            5·
            6 months ago

            Privately held. That means there’s a chance that someone can go good with it.

        • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
          4·
          6 months ago

          And that’s why Steam gets my money instead of GOG.

          That said, apparently Heroic has some kind of agreement with GOG where they get paid for sales, so maybe by buying games on Linux through Heroic you’ll get GOG interested in Linux support.

            • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
              3·
              6 months ago

              Sure, but it’s at least an avenue to a decent launcher for GOG games on Linux. I still prefer Steam, but Heroic is good enough that I’ll consider buying a few games now and then.