RadDevon, 1 month ago

@darth I remember reading Valve approached Notch about having the game on Steam way back in alpha. He declined their offer. In retrospect, that was probably the right move since the thing became the best-selling game of all time even without it… but, yeah, at this point, why not?

darth, 1 month ago

@RadDevon it’s easy to get it running on Linux, but I still think a Steam release would reach more people and a percentage of current players would gladly buy it again just to have it on Steam.

mr_MADAFAKA, 1 month ago

@darth You can always vote
https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/4405103545997-Steam-Steam-Deck-Release-for-Bedrock

darth, 1 month ago

@mr_MADAFAKA when I click vote it switches to feedback page and no vote is recorded

the_moep, 1 month ago

@darth inb4 it's only the Bedrock Edition.

darth, 1 month ago

@the_moep I don't understand what you said.

solarisfire, 1 month ago

@darth It's Microsoft at the end of the day... And they've put things like Halo and Flight Sim on Steam. So I really don't understand why they don't stick Minecraft on there.

darth, 1 month ago

@solarisfire it could be that:

1. nobody asked?
2. MC players might not be "into Steam"
3. MS does not want to give 30% to Valve unless market demands it

So generally I believe it boils down to "not enough pressure on Microsoft" over this topic.