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[-] quams69@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

They literally don't know what a monopoly is, they just asked for Steam to be "broken up"

[-] hollyberries@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

I can see why Steam seems to have a monopoly on PC gaming. Pretty much everybody uses Steam as a launcher and store, and Valve has seen success with the Steam Deck so thats the hardware field also covered. They even managed to upset Nintendo when the Switch emulator was showcased lol.

A good size of the fanbase are also massive Valve fanboys, so there is a lot of brand loyalty, making the service have a larger presence than others.

At the end of the day, the fact remains is that there are other storefronts, launchers, and Valve has even opened up the Steam Deck's specs and OS. Theres like, no monopoly there. I hope the parent commenter can eventually see that.

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