The place of the Ubuntu Software Center regarding Steam, Desura and others

David Klasinc bigwhale at lubica.net
Fri Aug 24 06:14:18 UTC 2012


On 08/23/2012 07:16 AM, Nicolas Michel wrote:
> I agree with Dylan. Valve is not likely to package their games because
> their purpose if I understand well is to make Steam a multi-plateform
> distribution software. I think that Ubuntu Software Center could only
> integrate their list of software to ease and centralize the search. But
> it would probably need cooperation from Valve and Desura.

Also, Steam has support for various DRM solutions, which publishers will 
probably want to keep even if they decide to extend support for other 
platforms.

Regards,
David




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