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

submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/steam@programming.dev

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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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[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is not true anymore. How do you think humble bundle works?

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The case was actually won against Valve. What is your argument? "They did one shitty thing, they probably won't do / aren't doing another" ?

[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You didn't really answer the question. How does Humble get around that?

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not your squire. If you have a counterargument, go find proof yourself.

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