Originally posted by Luke_Wolf
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Microsoft didn't develop Xbox One OS from scratch. It is an evolution from Xbox360, which was an evolution from the original Xbox. And they use DirectX which is not exactly a brand new API...
Yes Valve is going to use Linux, so they already had an OS available, but the driver situation in that OS was a mess, gaming libraries were a mess or non-existent, etc. Those things can't develop from scratch in a year, no matter how many developers you hire. Keep in mind, for a console OS, they aren't going to put normal SteamOS on it. They are going to have to use custom libraries, DRM, various big picture modes, specific drivers for their own specialized hardware, etc. So even when upstream Linux + Userspace will be in a good shape, they still going to have to do extra work in order to support a proper console.
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