> Sure, but how much are they realistically going to pay for it?
Nothing? Valve makes it money selling the games on the store. SteamOS is presumably free to install on your own hardware once it has a general release.
The big thing is that the current SteamOS image is incomplete and missing a lot of key features that the Steam products have, since it's optimized for that. That's been the one big sticking point for it as of now.
> Nothing? Valve makes it money selling the games on the store.
Right, so my question is how does better compatibility with (non-game) Windows apps help them make more money?