Have surged several interesting news about Valve. Some of you will like all gamers who use the online video game store and also the Steam client of this company. For one thing, the ACO shadow compiler for AMD GPU is merged with MESA. Specifically, it will be available at MESA 19.3. The goal of this compiler was to generate more optimized game code and speed up compilation. That will translate into better FPS and better fluidity for video games.
On the other hand, if you remember, Valve launched a "laboratory" where they could put their experiments that they would test and then integrate them into their products. SteamLabs, as it's called, now has more experiments. There are two tools called Deep Dive and another one of recommendations from the community. With the first one, you can filter content on Steam, and if you have chosen Linux in the preferences, it will stop showing content for other platforms. As for the second tool, it takes the suggestions of the users so that they are of importance within the video game developers.
That for one thing, but maybe the most interesting news is what a French court of justice has estimated. And it is that they allege that the customers of the Steam video game store should be able to resell the games they have bought to other people without wanting to. That makes sense, since when you buy something on Steam, just like any other purchase of any product, you should be able to resell it if you no longer want it. Just like you can do with a piece of furniture, an appliance, your clothes, etc.
If they don't comply, Valve should pay hefty fines. It seems that Valve wants to appeal this, because it involves very significant losses. But it will be necessary to see if they win or not. Furthermore, this ruling could lay the foundations for other countries inside and outside of Europe to do the same. Not only with Valve, but also with other online stores and other similar services such as GOG, Humble, etc. It is true that this type of digital products, until this sentence, there was no way to resell them to recover money if you are no longer going to use them ...
I'm interested in the issue of reselling, because it not only affects video games, but also movies and series that are digital.
On the other hand, I had understood that in steam you did not buy the game or a copy of it, but a user license.