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Steam keeps on winning (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 10 months ago by Carighan@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

From the opinion piece:

Last year, I pointed out how many big publishers came crawlin' back to Steam after trying their own things: EA, Activision, Microsoft. This year, for the first time ever, two Blizzard games released on Steam: Overwatch and Diablo 4.

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[-] Crow@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I’m not celebrating a monopoly, I’m celebrating a good platform for consumers. Steam likely knows that if it angers people its monopoly is ripe for a ton of regulation, at least in the European market where PC gaming is huge.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

They've been hit with an anti trust lawsuit in Europe, lost and didn't cooperate and instead paid some more.

They offer refunds because they got sued for it.

They've introduced more and more ways to monetize whales and to trigger people's dopamine secretion to get them to buy more games.

Valve is still a company that aims to make profits, it's not your friend.

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