Microsoft prevented PC gaming from dying and moved the industry from “sometimes there are pc games” to “occasionally there is a platform exclusive other than Nintendo”. That was all Xbox. Valve did a much better job of sitting back and raking in 30% for their glorified downloader, but the games existed because of the compatibility efforts of Xbox.
It’s still…only fine. Lacks some magic. Worth playing, but I found myself regularly skipping through cutscenes a lot (or trying to, thanks unskippable cutscenes inventor) just cause I was not that interested or it was obvious.
30%
Not the only platform
Glorified downloader with DRM