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Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] MrGerrit@feddit.nl 17 points 3 weeks ago

I like that even without real competition on the market, they keep on improving and innovating the platform.

It's a company that want's to make money but they way they do it, giving the customers the best most experience possible, wishes me for other companies would take notice of. And i don't only distribution platforms.

[-] Demdaru@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

even without real competition on the market,

Which is the effect of

giving the customers the best most experience possible

[-] MrGerrit@feddit.nl 6 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, if even Steam would have stopped 5 years ago with adding and innovating and just maintaining everything to work smoot, they still would be better than any other platform. Just sit and count money.

Look at epic, I happily claim every week the game they give away, but where is the motivation to even consider them over steam. They had all this time and money to just copy things steam did right or add new things themselves .

Almost nothing happens.

[-] SineSwiper@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 weeks ago

That's the difference between a private company and a publicly-traded one.

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 6 points 3 weeks ago

The competition might not be real right now, but they're smart enough to know it'll eventually catch up if they don't stay one step ahead.

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