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Steam keeps on winning (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Carighan@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

From the opinion piece:

Last year, I pointed out how many big publishers came crawlin' back to Steam after trying their own things: EA, Activision, Microsoft. This year, for the first time ever, two Blizzard games released on Steam: Overwatch and Diablo 4.

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[-] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Let's start a pool to predict how many years/months until Steam enshitifies. It WILL happen. It's just a matter of when.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Of course, but I'm not expecting that to happen until Gabe dies or retires. Until then I think Steam will be number 1.

[-] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 11 points 1 year ago

For what reason? They have no shareholders .

[-] Sacha@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Gabe won't live forever and usually someone new wants to put their vision up, and make their changes and feel special and then bam.

Mess.

[-] spader312@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So many missed opportunities for da profitz

[-] Zeron@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hopefully not soon, but probably once Gabe is gone if i had to guess.

If steam goes public, might as well start packing the bug out bag because shit is going to go south real quick.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It WILL happen. It’s just a matter of when.

Probably but that doesn't mean that I have to buy games on inferior platform now.

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