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How would that even work? It's literally a PC. It runs Linux. It's as open a system as you're going to get.
Given that it is designed as a general platform that makes zero sense.
Also, why is anyone holding their breath for Valve of all people to produce games?
Exclusive deals are anti consumer practices anyway.
Half life 3 steam machine exclusive would break the internet
Half Life: Linux
They're waiting for your vim commands, in the test chamberrrrrrr
"Shut it down now!"
"It's not- it's not shutting down!"
*cut to scientist mashing keys in vim insert mode as resonance cascade begins*
Why would they make games that could only be played on Steam machines?
That would be absolutely insane because number of Steam users who have has to be like 0.00001% or something crazy.
It's more work to make a shittier experience for their customers. Valve knows that alienating customers is the dumbest possible move to make.
Yet that's still exactly a thing that many other platforms would do. Maximise lock-in.
Gave Newell didn't get an MBA or the lobotomy that apparently goes with it.
putting an exclusive game on the steam machine would be an extremely dumb move anyways. valves not in the business trying to sell 5+ figure levels of these devices, just to get enough interest going that 3rd parties start to take it seriously.
It’s estimated that they’re selling 12,000-15,000 Steam Machines a weeks and my non-professional back-of-the-napkin math says that’s five figure levels.