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72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, according to study (www.gamesindustry.biz)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/steam@programming.dev

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Steam being the most ethical and practical choice is not a monopoly.

These devs aren't lining up to release their games on the Epic store or itch.io, they want their games on the marketplace where most of the users shop, and the users aren't locked into steam either, they just prefer it.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

Steam forced publishers to ensure that the cheapest price for their game would be on steam. No other marketplace was allowed to have a cheaper price. If that isn't anticompetitive, I dont know what is.

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[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

They are not saying you cannot list elsewhere. They are just saying they have to get your best price.

If Walmart says you can only sell pickles on their shelves if you sell them pickles at your best price, is that anti-competitive?

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