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[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 182 points 3 weeks ago (44 children)

They really figured out the infinite money glitch.

They've been nothing but fair to me as a customer but the cynic in me thinks they've got an excessive amount of good will to squander since they dominate the PC gaming scene.

Please don't become shitty. And please release new non competitive games.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 123 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

Gaben said it best when he said "piracy is a service issue, not a price issue." There is no other company that even comes close to matching Steam's services, both to consumers and developers. The industry could become a different place when he dies. I don't see any other CEO continuing to spend money to innovate and expand services rather than offer less and charge more to extract record profits.

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I feel the same, I know that things will likely go downhill if he goes. That's why I also buy GoG games, I want to be able to download them if things go sour with Steam.

[–] lemmur@szmer.info 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can downlowad some of the steam games. DRM is possible, but not mandatory

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

CDPR came to the rescue even outside of GOG. My son bought Cyberpunk 2077 the other day on Steam and luckily for me it comes without DRM so I can even play it while he is playing.

[–] lemmur@szmer.info 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, I didn't knew.

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