Comment Re:Sideloading other Linux games (Score 1) 173
I'd like to see a source stating that Steam OS users can't sideload other Linux-compatible games.
First of all, this isn't SteamOS we are talking about, it is Windows. Secondly, I'm not suggesting that you can't load non-Steam games. But you won't be able to do it sitting on your couch holding your controller. Buying and playing Steam games on a Steam box will be much, much easier.
There are enough people on Windows computers who refuse to buy games that they can't load from the Steam client (and complain bitterly when games are offered on other services). Just imagine how receptive buyers of something called a Steam box will be to having to exit from Steam's Big Picture mode to run another launcher.
So while it might not be a technical locking to Steam, it will be a practical one.