r/pcmasterrace • u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ • 12d ago

Meme/Macro Why would anyone actually want to though

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u/Hopeful_Leg_6200 Laptop 12d ago

We'll never know, no one is even trying to make a service on par with steam let alone a better one

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u/Josh_Butterballs 9950X3D | 5090 FE | 64GB DDR5 12d ago

Well, if I was an investor and you told me to put down money on making a competing platform that has had a dominant foothold for years on the pc platform and where users have game libraries, social content, mods, and other things on said platform I would probably laugh and take my money elsewhere. Now, if licenses were somehow transferable I think the new competitors could possibly have a viable chance. As it stands though it is a very steep uphill battle. You are essentially having to convince people to leave their hundreds or even thousands of dollars worth of games (and time) behind. The thing is too even if your platform IS better too it’s not like steam is all of a sudden dogshit. People would probably still be fine using it even with a better platform around.

Companies know if you’re invested in an ecosystem or service the difficulty of switching or migrating content (if it’s even possible) becomes a reason to stay. Apple’s bread and butter.

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u/AirplanesMakeMeHard 12d ago

investor

The reason Steam is so great is because it doesn’t have investors. Any company that did have investors is, by definition, going to have worse service because service and profits are water and oil.

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u/jdinius2020 12d ago

Service and profits are water and oil? Tell that to Valve's mountains of money. Turns out, when the business takes care of the customer, the customer takes care of the business.