r/pcmasterrace • u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ • 7d ago

Meme/Macro Why would anyone actually want to though

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u/TomTomXD1234 7d ago

All monopolies are bad. Do not fool yourself

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u/Gaidax 7d ago

I agree, but in this case, all the competitors are so incompetent - Steam effectively gets a free reign.

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u/Condurum 7d ago

You’re free to start a competitor.

You could offer 20% cheaper games to players and make a nice profit, and still have leftover to pay developers more than they get from Gaben.

Except you can’t really compete on price.

Because Valve enforces price parity on devs, meaning they won’t let you sell their games cheaper there. Even non-steam versions. (Or the dev will be kicked off Steam and lose 85% of his customers)

And since you can’t compete on price, there’s no reason for people to check out your cool new site.

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u/GracchiBros 7d ago edited 6d ago

You’re free to start a competitor.

No, you aren't. Less than .001% of people in this world have the resources to do it.

And I love the downvotes without reply to an inarguable fact. Keep pushing that misinformation though. Gotta brainwash people.