Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%' by usrtrv in c/games@sh.itjust.works
[-] usrtrv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

But it's not what the quote is talking about. You're just correlating different things.

Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%' by usrtrv in c/games@sh.itjust.works
[-] usrtrv@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 day ago

No, that's what consumers like you are thinking in hindsight and unrelated.

The context Gabe is talking about is when he was approaching publishers. They were just being anti tech and believing in traditional brick and mortar. They were definently pro-DRM. They just couldn't fathom a digital marketplace.

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