[sliverstorm]

Well, their motives aren't sinister, which is all you can really want or hope for. In a capitalistic market, vanishingly few players will switch to Linux out of altruism.

Which is perfectly fine, in my opinion. Everything is more predictable when each player acts in their own best interests. Then it's just a matter of understanding their incentives.

[marcosdumay]

Yet, players could have some amount of foresight, and not wait untill MS actualy pushes a knife into their hearth (lucky Valve this one was dull) before trying to defend themselves.

[sliverstorm]

Foresight is always easy in retrospect. MS was a partner, not a treat, until the Windows Store.

[jebblue]

>> Well, their motives aren't sinister, which is all you can really want or hope for. In a capitalistic market, vanishingly few players will switch to Linux out of altruism.

There was a time when no one thought gamers would switch from DOS to Windows.