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Larian Studios defends Valve: Steam's success is deserved

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Larian Studios defends Valve: Steam's success is deserved

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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days ago

While many accuse Valve of monopolising the PC gaming market, others argue that Steam's dominance is simply the result of doing things right.

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Exclusives are a bastard child of oligopoly, where the distribution platform has more power than the publisher.

Before Steam physical games were NEVER sold only in ToysR, they were sold in all shops.
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  they’re still sold everywhere…just nobody buys em cause why the fuck would you when you can buy em online?

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