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Study finds 72% of Developers View Steam as Monopoly [from the overall pool, 75% of respondents were senior managers] (steamdeckhq.com)

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[-] SuperDuperKitten@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago

I will also say is that major reason why Steam has an monopoly is that they have invested their resources to streamline the PC gaming experience and also make gaming on Linux better as well as Steam controller which also allows us to remap control layout.

None the alternative does that and are just another DRM-Storefront. That's my major pet peeve with Steam alternative like Epic Games Launcher. Closest we have is GOG for to be able to download offline installer and most the games are DRM-free. Otherwise, I just would rather buy games on Steam as it just works for me.. 🤷

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