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BossDj@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I didn’t see where it says why they took so long to add to Steam?

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schmidtster@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

are already available through the classic game service GOG. But more choice is always a good thing. This is particularly true when it comes to making older games more accessible on modern platforms, something that’s becoming increasingly rare for all but the biggest titles.

They were on GOG, and it’s for more access to more people and compatibility.

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- BossDj@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Maybe go back to Reddit if your replies are that toxic. I read that. It’s the author’s opinion that he’s happy it’s on steam now. It is not the answer to the question, so I thought maybe you had some insight or I misread something. I gave another user (you) the benefit of the doubt that maybe I missed something. Maybe you’re in defensive mode from Reddit. It’s not needed here
  
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- po-lina-ergi@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That's not an answer to the question and your reading comprehension is bad if you think it is.
  
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Sabata11792@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It's a competitor, they only started using Steam since the profit is better than the pride.

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- BossDj@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Steam wins on market share. You’d think they would have started on steam if it was to make more money, or added them to Steam a long time ago. I’m sure their reasoning is sound, just curious what it was. Licensing deals, listing cost, whatever. Maybe they waited for all the true believers to get it on gog and now hope they’ll all buy again on steam for the achievements. By pride do you mean the Origin failure?
  
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  - Sabata11792@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Steam takes a 30% cut of the profit last I read. EA tried to avoid this with Orgin to not pay that 30%. I assume Steam sales have to be pretty good VS Orgin numbers keep using Steam.
    
    People hate using extra launchers, and EA has a reputation of being comic book villain evil. I assume any tiny bits of good will they get from customers is rare and this is low hanging fruit. People also love Steam to the point of not buying a game without it. The 30% cut probably seemed worth the trade for the wriggling masses running EA.
    
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