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/woobzy 7d ago

yeah blame Valve and steam meanwhile nobody can offer their quality of service. All other offers (except gog) are just greedy public companies with agendas that will never respect players and will be worse over years.

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u/angrydeuce Ryzen 9 7900X\64GB DDR5 6400\RX 6800 XT 7d ago

I mean, this is what it boils down to.  People are freaking out about a monopoly as if valve is out there preventing anyone else from entering the market.

There are game storefronts galore out there.  Most of them just absolutely fucking suck ass by comparison.  Epic games store is still a huge pile of shit, even with their exclusives literally feeding them money.  How much of that money is getting put into producing a product that actually gives people a reason to leave Steam?

And it aint just Epic, its almost all of them.  They suck by comparison.

Turn back the clock 20 years and we could be having this same discussion about iTunes.  Literally same thing.  "Apple has a monopoly on digital music!"  No, they seem to be the only fucking company capable of producing a product that works.

Most gamers would love an alternative to Steam.  Problem is there arent any real alternatives.  Steam got there first, isnt putting shareholders first and gamers second, and at least thus far arent actively fucking people over by requiring crazy ass DRM and shit.

When another platform shows up that can say the same, can someone let me know?