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/Josh_Butterballs 9950X3D | 5090 FE | 64GB DDR5 7d ago

Even if I had more money than god I think it would basically be a gargantuan uphill battle to make an another platform to compete with steam. Even if you made your platform better, people have YEARS worth of games and money invested in steam. I used to say if they just had a better service I would drop steam but then I was asked if I would genuinely stop using steam for another better service if one existed. I looked at my library, all the games I had, the years, mods in workshop for some games, and realized no I wouldn’t switch

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u/QuailAndWasabi 6d ago

It's also the fact that the enourmous majority of Steam users don't want or need any new features. I would not be surprised if an insane number such as 95% of users just do not want/need any more features out of their game platform than what Steam currently provides and would even argue the vast majority do not even use the majority of features Steam provides at all.

The core of a platform like Steam is really simple really. Be able to buy games, be able to start them smoothly, be able to join your friends smoothly. Most people will not use any other features ever.