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It is simple, Android NDK has all the same APIs for 3D rendering and audio, as do all major middleware engines. The failure of business, only reinforces Windows as the platform most studios reach for. Buy Windows, buy Visual Studio, pay game engines licenses, let Valve do the work. This ignoring that current Valve's management doesn't live forever, so who knows what happens afterwards.
> Valve's management doesn't live forever, so who knows what happens afterwards. Tens of thousands of Windows games would remain playable with ubiquitous Vulkan-capable hardware and a 500mb Proton runtime?
... after you watch these ads, or pay for our premium subscription. After all, those games aren't going to host themselves and your license doesn't allow an alternative.