Comment on Dusk Developer David Szymanski: I'd rather pay Valve 30% and put up with their de facto monopoly than help Epic work towards their own (very obviously desired) monopoly

FireTower@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Varyag@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Gaben isn’t going to last forever. But honestly the only other good games storefront is GoG. I’ll continue using Steam for as long as it’s still good.

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  • FireTower@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve used GoG once for a game that wasn’t on steam but I have done much more. Honestly I acknowledge that this ephemeral moment in time where PC gaming is kept in balance by Gaben can’t last. But I really think the lens we should look at PC landscape today is one of appreciation. If EA ran the game in steam’s shoes we wouldn’t get things like summer sales or games at reduced prices long after their launch.

    Don’t be sad it will be gone be happy it happened.

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• Cabrio@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Gaben has been hands off at valve for almost a decade. He’s off breaking world records with research submersibles. Playing with his rubber duckies in the bathtub.

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  • Lolman228@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Is that not what you want from him?

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    • Cabrio@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Just saying that trust in Gaben and trust in Valve are two separate things. Valve has been doing fine without Gaben at the wheel.

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• Chobbes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Both Valve and Epic are private companies. I still trust Valve over Epic, but I think technically Tim Sweeney has pretty much full control over Epic as well (for better or for worse).

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  • mosiacmango@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    He does, but not the stake Gaben has. Sweeny sold 40% to tencent. This still gives him control, but thats a very large shareholder that can push and pull when they want.

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    • brawleryukon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They can’t “push and pull” anything. With Sweeney owning 50%+1, Tencent and anyone else he sold shares to can literally do nothing - he will always have the final say. And since the company is private, there’s almost certainly an agreement/contract in place on those share purchases that if someone wants to dump them they have to offer them back to him/the company first. Since it’s not a public company they can’t just go sell their shares on an open market. The threat of a large shareholder is gone in a case like this - they can’t stage a hostile takeover and they can’t dump and run.

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      • bighi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You’re thinking of technically taking the decisions in the company. But shareholders can do much more. Like influencing the value of stocks by selling too many at once.

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      • stevehobbes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You’re also assuming there are no other shareholders…………

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    • Zetta@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Another point for me at least, I actually put in effort to not getting made in China products where feasible. The same thing applies here, supporting epic is supporting China. I really just prefer not to support China, so no epic games for me.

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    • Chobbes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ah that’s a fair point. I haven’t paid too much attention to this. Thanks for providing some more context :).

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