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Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?
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Every other company could challenge Steam, but instead is enshittified within an inch of its life from the get-go. It's as much that Steam is doing so much right as it is that competitors are doing so much wrong.
Not you, GOG.
GoG was my second digital store, I resisted Steam for so long, but over the years, Steam has become my #1 source for games. It's just so easy, plus they are relatively consumer friendly. With the revamp of Steam Families, it's just so so much easier to have everyone playing on Steam. Plus I have a Steam Deck.
I try and buy games on GoG, set them up with Heroic, and it works great, better than EA, Epic and other storefronts, but just not quite as slick as Steam.
One day St. Gabe will be martyred, and Steam will undergo the unavoidable descent into enshittification, as to will GoG. I do not pledge undying loyalty to any platform, but Steam and GoG have been awesome for so long.
Besides, other than Itch and Humble Bundle, who even comes close in being good to use?
Gog is good, itch.io is good. They have different niches, and each do beautifully.
GOG's market share being around 1% compared to Steam's 80% only proves the point that no amount of great features or love by gamers is enough to challenge the monopoly.
That's because for the vast majority of gamers their games aren't on GOG. From the top 50 sellers on Steam only Rimworld, Baldurs Gate 3, No Man's Sky, Tainted Grail and Kerbal Space Program are sold on GOG. 90% of the top sellers on Steam aren't on GOG. GOG has a lot of great features but when GOG doesn't have the games people want to spend money on there's very little reason for those people to use GOG.
There would be more if more people used GOG, but even so, I'm not sure I agree with your premise, because what do most people do when they want a game that's on Steam and on GOG and even has achievements on both?