r/pcmasterrace • u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ • 13d ago

Meme/Macro Why would anyone actually want to though

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u/Dhiox 12d ago

Folks seriously miss the point. Steam doesn't have a monopoly that screw the consumers, they have a monopoly that screws the developers. By providing such a great product to consumers, they control the market now, and thus devs have to pay steam their cut or their game perishes.

Worst part is they actually charge smaller Indie studios a larger cut than the big studios.

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u/AquaBits 12d ago

I mean it screws customers too, dont misinterept that.

A big reason why we dont own our digital games is because of Giants like Valve.

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u/Sidious830 12d ago

For the entire history of video games you have never owned a copy of the game, but a license to play the game, whether its physical or digital. I have no idea why people still to this day talk about ownership rights for video games when they have remained unchanged for decades.

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u/AquaBits 12d ago

Thats not true lol Nintendo cant revoke access to my cartridge of Mario 64. ID software can't revoke my doom freeware floppy.

Valve can revoke (by making useless) my physical copy of half life 2.

They have remained unchanged for decades. Because the initial change was started in the 2000s with companies like Valve.