You ain’t got to buy the game on there, you can get codes at other retailers
You actually can’t buy the vast majority of Steam games elsewhere. 18,800 games released new this year on Steam. Do you know any legit retailers that even sell 18,000 games total?
It’s something I’ve been noticing with all the routine seasonal complaining about sales on Steam not being worth looking at anymore… Sure, I don’t only buy from Steam, but I do buy more from Steam than elsewhere, because those games–good games–just are not other places to be bought. So on the one hand, I see a lot of value from Steam sales and people shouldn’t dis them so out of hand, but on the other, yeah Steam clearly controls the market. And that’s not even getting into how Steam deliberately reduces the value-to-the-devs of your off-Steam purchases, so buying elsewhere keeps your purchase and reviews from helping the dev earn much needed Steam visibility.
So it’s far from as simple as “You can just buy codes elsewhere”.
On a single platform. Giving a single company complete control over the marketplace, forcing any company looking to sell their game to a large audience to go through steam.
I’m not the one getting worked up an letting it ruin my day.
I was just browsing Lemmy for a few minutes while visiting my parents and eating soup. You on the other hand have been acting like you spent Christmas alone because noone can stand you
No, I’m just insulting this guy because he deserves it.
Also, I’m not blind - it’s pretty obvious you only replied to my comment here because I pissed you off in a completely different post and you decided to rummage through my comment history. I’d like to point out that that’s kinda sad on your part. Not my fault you’re bad at making an argument. You don’t need to stalk me for it.
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That’s what happens when you have a monopoly.
It’s because they got rid of their game standards
You ain’t got to buy the game on there, you can get codes at other retailers
But steam is de facto PC store
You actually can’t buy the vast majority of Steam games elsewhere. 18,800 games released new this year on Steam. Do you know any legit retailers that even sell 18,000 games total?
It’s something I’ve been noticing with all the routine seasonal complaining about sales on Steam not being worth looking at anymore… Sure, I don’t only buy from Steam, but I do buy more from Steam than elsewhere, because those games–good games–just are not other places to be bought. So on the one hand, I see a lot of value from Steam sales and people shouldn’t dis them so out of hand, but on the other, yeah Steam clearly controls the market. And that’s not even getting into how Steam deliberately reduces the value-to-the-devs of your off-Steam purchases, so buying elsewhere keeps your purchase and reviews from helping the dev earn much needed Steam visibility.
So it’s far from as simple as “You can just buy codes elsewhere”.
What happens? Many games get released?
On a single platform. Giving a single company complete control over the marketplace, forcing any company looking to sell their game to a large audience to go through steam.
Do you seriously have nothing better to do on a holiday than just bash Valve? Jfc, go outside and touch grass you terminally online neckbeard
Maybe don’t include that part when replying to a message on the holidays. Especially when you’re defending a monopoly.
I know G*mers like you aren’t known for their critical thinking skills.
I’m not the one getting worked up an letting it ruin my day.
I was just browsing Lemmy for a few minutes while visiting my parents and eating soup. You on the other hand have been acting like you spent Christmas alone because noone can stand you
You sure? You’re doing a lot of insulting people in this thread. Maybe take a break for a while, ok?
No, I’m just insulting this guy because he deserves it.
Also, I’m not blind - it’s pretty obvious you only replied to my comment here because I pissed you off in a completely different post and you decided to rummage through my comment history. I’d like to point out that that’s kinda sad on your part. Not my fault you’re bad at making an argument. You don’t need to stalk me for it.
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I didn’t realize we had interacted before
I call bullshit. You made this comment within minutes of the previous one: https://redlemmy.com/comment/174904
Also, that’s pretty low-tier trolling
hope your day goes better
Can I borrow you for a bit in the new year? The projector in work hasn’t been working recently and we could use you to project PowerPoints for us.
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GoG sucks?
Amazingly good in some ways, and bad in some other ways. Eg. Doesn’t work on linux.
I see, thanks for clarifying!