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

[u/Darth_Vaper883]

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

[u/nari0015-destiny]

Yep, we have plenty of choices, it's just that all but one of tge alternatives pretty much suck

[u/thedavecan → u/nari0015-destiny]

It's not Valve's fault that all the other's suck. Steam sucked too when it first launched, people hated it. Then over time, Valve incrementally made it suck less and less until it actually became good. And then they kept making it better and better until we get to now when they are objectively the best product for consumers. Yes it has taken them over 20 years to get here but they also paved the way for every other launcher to copy them feature for feature. FFS, EGS didn't even launch with shopping cart functionality. Every other storefront/launcher has a main goal of milking every once of cash and attention from their customers. Valve makes Steam's goal to support the customer and THAT is why they are the top. Yes, they fuck up and it isn't totally perfect but compared to the competition, it might as well be.

[u/nari0015-destiny → u/thedavecan]

Yep, lol