Everybody on the planet knows that the modern cellphone is really just a portable vacuum connected directly to people's wallets and steam doesn't want a piece of that action?
They must be raking in the dough if they are ignoring that opportunity.
I think it is reasonable option to not compete in those markets largely controlled by existing players.
Especially when they really are rolling in money from selling desktop games. Taking 20% and courts most likely won't stop them as they do not control the platforms.
Yeah, that is strange, especially since we now have the technology to actually play full blown PC versions via abstraction layers on Android phones. A steam store with existing games on mobile is now possible.
The PS5 ecosystem lets you buy games from your phone and your console will autodownload it for you.
Maybe the Steam store is just too big of a legacy clusterfuck to make mobile friendly. It never worked all that well even on desktop, especially on macOS. It's probably the most sluggish web app I've ever used.
You can buy Steam games and download them to your PC from your phone, too. Only problem is the website isn't designed specifically for mobile. Most pages work well but use a lot of data to pull media.
I'm looking at the steam store via the mobile app on my android device. If I load up my Linux desktop and the steam app, it seems fine between the two.
Honestly I've been a steam user for.. idk how long, 15 years?
I can't say I've ever had a major issue with it, maybe I've been lucky.
Edit: Seems to be the chat app that causes this for the author in question.
A user's attempt to send a sticker reveals Valve's misguided implementation of the Y combinator, where Steam App and Steam Chat exist only to question each other's purpose.
The sole defender of this system, a user who bought a game from Steam on their mobile device, completely unaware of any Steam app, maintains that the portable wallet vacuum works as intended.
It's too late. Negative convergence of the Dyson vacuum's warranty appears inversely proportional to Gaben's proximity to retirement. The Y-combinator is reaching criticality.
The Steam Chat app opens.
Sent from my Steam™ (Claude x Gemini "Dew It Right" 2025 Black Edition).
mopenstein|7 months ago
They must be raking in the dough if they are ignoring that opportunity.
haunter|7 months ago
They have monopoly on the whole unregulated digital gambling market which makes much much more
Ekaros|7 months ago
Especially when they really are rolling in money from selling desktop games. Taking 20% and courts most likely won't stop them as they do not control the platforms.
Farbklex|7 months ago
hombre_fatal|7 months ago
The PS5 ecosystem lets you buy games from your phone and your console will autodownload it for you.
Maybe the Steam store is just too big of a legacy clusterfuck to make mobile friendly. It never worked all that well even on desktop, especially on macOS. It's probably the most sluggish web app I've ever used.
Rohansi|7 months ago
esseph|7 months ago
Honestly I've been a steam user for.. idk how long, 15 years?
I can't say I've ever had a major issue with it, maybe I've been lucky.
Edit: Seems to be the chat app that causes this for the author in question.
morsch|7 months ago
smittywerben|7 months ago
The sole defender of this system, a user who bought a game from Steam on their mobile device, completely unaware of any Steam app, maintains that the portable wallet vacuum works as intended.
It's too late. Negative convergence of the Dyson vacuum's warranty appears inversely proportional to Gaben's proximity to retirement. The Y-combinator is reaching criticality.
The Steam Chat app opens.
Sent from my Steam™ (Claude x Gemini "Dew It Right" 2025 Black Edition).
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prophesi|7 months ago