Yeah, the solution is obvious, break the Valve monopoly into 40 smaller companies and put Gaben in prison.
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Pringles@lemm.ee 2 months agoFeel free to start a competitive game store. There’s a reason why gog, origin or epic hardly make a dent on Valves bottom line.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
mriormro@lemmy.world 2 months ago
[deleted]TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
That’s a rhetorical question, I assume?
chetradley@lemmy.world 2 months ago
“And here is my hard drive dedicated to game launchers and storefronts.”
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
We could run just the game and nothing else.
knitwitt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Valve created a fantastic entertainment product that people voluntarily choose to use. Who would you want to turn something people already love into something completely different? Counterproductive - especially when direct distribution is essentially free and universally accessible.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
At this point steam is plain rent, coasting on their monopolistic platform power not any particular technical merit. It would be fine if valve spent this money on their userbase, but they don’t. All their other products are run for profit as well.
knitwitt@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Stream created and maintains a platform that gamers and developers want to use but more importantly, they’ve built up a reputation that people believe in and trust.
Gamers and developers are so eager to use steam because in all the years they’ve been operating, they still support and expand upon family sharing, have a fantastic refund policy (for consumers), don’t employ aggressive exclusivity deals, don’t limit download speeds behind paywalls, and provide a great review and recommendation system.
They’ve become successful due to this reputation, why should we punish them for that?
uis@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Gog has its niche. Others didn’t even try. “Look at exclusives” from Epic doesn’t even look like trying
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Even within its niche gog Galaxy still lacks a lot of features steam has, like communities, mod support, Linux support, and a few others.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Honestly, I’d be home with that if they had Linux support. They don’t, so I mostly buy from Steam. Apparently Heroic now gets a kickback (probably small) from GOG for sales, but that’s a pretty lazy “Linux support” if you ask me.
I literally didn’t make a Steam account until they had a Linux client, and now I’ve spend a ton of money there. It’s not hard to get my money, you just need to not be outright hostile to me. That’s why I have never and probably will never buy from Epic.
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I tried heroic on my steam deck and it’s okay but I wouldn’t use it over Steam’s UI which says a lot.
Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The cost of freedom is still far more valuable than that to some, and that’s its niche.