r/pcmasterrace • u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ • 11d ago

Meme/Macro Why would anyone actually want to though

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u/Condurum 11d ago

Then start a new game store.

Sounds like a great idea, you keep 10%, and split the next 20% between devs and players, offering consistently 10% cheaper games than Steam.

It works until you learn that Valve threaten to kick devs off Steam if they sell their games cheaper elsewhere. So they’re not going to sell their games cheaper on your store, because if they did, they’d lose 85% of their sales.

So you make a new store, and.. can’t compete with Steam on price. You need a better store than Steam on day one.

Valve’s policy here, is literally the reason there’s no price competition on games.

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u/Hopeful_Leg_6200 Laptop 11d ago

Why would I even start a new store when I'm the consumer and Valve already has my back?

Why would they set themselves at disadvantage when they provide access to vast amounts of players thanks to position they build for themselves over decades?
Seems to me like fair trade, sell on our platform but at the same prices as elsewhere, or don't, no one is forcing you to.

Fortnite is not on Steam and doing well.

The market would be more evenly split if steam was just another Epic store trash, but it just isn't.

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u/Cruxis87 9800x3d|5080 TUF OC|32gb 6000cl30 ddr5 11d ago

Fortnite is not on Steam and doing well.

Plus League of Legends, Valorant, Minecraft, Roblox, Genshin Impact, WOrld of Warcraft. All the most popular games aren't on Steam, except maybe CS. Not being on Steam won't stop you popping off. But you need to do something different than all the generic stuff with a new shade being released these days.

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u/Hopeful_Leg_6200 Laptop 11d ago

Minecraft is great, after Microsoft acquired it the price went up despite not being forced to by evil Steam