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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoI want them available and Itch and GoG or publisher stores or elsewhere, basically anything but one store unless they need Steam for API features. I want Steam to not have so much marketshare they can dictate prices to other stores. The status quo right now is okay, but I don’t like the direction it’s heading, where other stores may not even keep their heads above water.
minus-squareFeyd@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 days ago I want them available and Itch and GoG or publisher stores or elsewhere, basically anything but one store unless This seems to be suggesting that a large portion of games is only published to steam, which I don’t think is the case?
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoExcept it literally is, per the article?
minus-squareFeyd@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoWell, this is publishers complaining. Maybe they should publish on other platforms. I don’t know what they expect to happen lol
I want them available and Itch and GoG or publisher stores or elsewhere, basically anything but one store unless they need Steam for API features.
I want Steam to not have so much marketshare they can dictate prices to other stores.
The status quo right now is okay, but I don’t like the direction it’s heading, where other stores may not even keep their heads above water.
This seems to be suggesting that a large portion of games is only published to steam, which I don’t think is the case?
Except it literally is, per the article?
Well, this is publishers complaining. Maybe they should publish on other platforms. I don’t know what they expect to happen lol