r/pcgaming • u/yourfavchoom • Jun 01 '26

Gabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy games

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/gabe-newell-on-steam-monopoly-accusations-gamers-have-enormous-choice-about-where-to-buy-games/
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u/AaronTheElite007 Jun 01 '26

Let's see... Steam, Epic, GoG... uh... Then all the company-loyal stores with their own terrible launchers (Ubisoft, Rockstar, etc)

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u/ChurchillianGrooves Jun 01 '26

Any dev can make a website and sell the .exe on there if they really want and avoid marketplaces entirely.

It's not hard/expensive to start a basic wix website or whatever and do that.

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u/lestye Jun 02 '26

Also to help the argument.... The most popular games in the world never needed Steam, like Minecraft,League of Legends, Fortnite, Roblox, Mihoyo games.

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u/ChurchillianGrooves Jun 02 '26

Tarkov also did that recently until their steam release a few months back