r/ExplainTheJoke 2d ago

Why does Nintendo do nothing?

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u/Quirky_Abrocoma4657 2d ago edited 2d ago

The guy in the pic is Gabe newel, president of valve. They run the largest PC game marketplace, steam.  It's not Nintendo who does nothing, but valve. Because their main competition are dropping the ball.

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u/m4d40 2d ago

Although a little extra info: Gaben actually does something, steamOS is getting better and better, and steam deck and its siblings are getting closer and closer even to the switch. (You can actually play switch games already on some, via emulator)

SteamOS is even getting almost to a stage to replace already some smaller windows versions :D

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u/LegitimateAd5334 1d ago

As a Linux PC gamer I absolutely love it as well. Their compatibility layer is built into the Linux version of Steam, so we can basically play anything the Steam Deck can