It’s more work to make a shittier experience for their customers. Valve knows that alienating customers is the dumbest possible move to make.
It’s more work to make a shittier experience for their customers. Valve knows that alienating customers is the dumbest possible move to make.
homik@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Yet that’s still exactly a thing that many other platforms would do. Maximise lock-in.
Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml 22 hours ago
And did, for the last 30 years, but Steam now have the benefit of hindsight having seen how the last 30 years of console wars have gone.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s also the main reason I haven’t touched the epic store even for the no strings attached (I think?) free games. They started out wanting (and getting) exclusive games before pivoting to free games, showing they were all too happy using business bullshit rather than good competition to take market share, which also implied things about what they’d do if they got to a dominant position.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Gave Newell didn’t get an MBA or the lobotomy that apparently goes with it.
shani66@ani.social 2 days ago
I’m fairly certain all business degrees or official training is just to indoctrinate the people likely to be in charge later. Capitalism as we know it now wouldn’t survive if any ‘next generation’ ever realized how fucking stupid this all is.