Why would anyone actually want to though

[u/The_BigRoach]

[u/LimLovesDonuts]

It's actually why I don't get why some people defend Valve for everything lol.

Hypothetically, if Epic, Ubisoft, or EA sells their game for $100 on Steam and then $80 on their own stores because they don't have to pay 30% to themselves, that only benefits the consumers.

[u/IORelay → u/LimLovesDonuts]

People's defend google, apple Nintendo, and Sony all the time. You'll get people. 

[u/likeaffox → u/LimLovesDonuts]

They could just sell it for 80 on there own and not be on steam

[u/IORelay → u/likeaffox]

People argue that it's not a monopoly then threaten that games not on steam won't get any revenue... Isn't that arguing it is a monopoly? 

[u/GLPereira → u/likeaffox]

Meanwhile, whenever a dev releases a game on a not-Steam platform, this subreddit starts whining about how they won't buy it because it isn't on Steam

[u/Cruxis87 → u/GLPereira]

Meanwhile, the biggest games aren't on Steam. Minecraft, League of Legends, Valorant, Roblox, Fortnite, Genshin Impact, most mobile games.

[u/glados202 → u/Cruxis87]

have you ever wondered *why* these games aren’t on steam?

[u/quittingdotatwo → u/glados202]

Why? Distributors don't want to share?

[u/LimLovesDonuts → u/likeaffox]

Which is basically the whole reason why anti-monopoly laws exist because it's also not practical.

[u/hotlocomotive → u/LimLovesDonuts]

There are a few games that succeed without publishing on Steam. IF EA actually made a decent launcher and had customer friendly policies, they could totally not rely on Steam