Last year, they all came crawlin' back to Steam, and this year was another strong one for Valve.

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.

  • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    For me, as a user, that’s not my concern. For me, as a user, it’s more important that I can have my convenience

    FTFY

    Also, the only truly bad competition is subsidized competition. As long as it’s not surviving on some kind of grant or funding, instead of its actual market value, then it’s always a good thing as it keeps competitors on their toes.

    • Thirdborne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Listen. Some of us have our life savings in our Steam library. If competition ever drives Steam bankrupt, we go down with the ship! We take Steam’s health personally and very seriously. Your mumbo jumbo about competition doesn’t factor into it.

      • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        No one wants Steam bankrupt, they just want more than one videogame vendor on PC to be viable.

        “Mumbo jumbo about competition” I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or are just legitimately a braindead moron.

        • Thirdborne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 months ago

          There are exceptions to the notion that competition is good. If we attempt to map out all the exceptions, we will be left with mumbo jumbo. Economic libertarianism is the true death of the brain. Some monopolies are good and any threat to the monopoly is a threat to the consumer.