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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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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I hated it in the early days because I wanted to own physical media for my games, etc., and I just didn't trust an online games library that could vanish in a business deal or bankruptcy. Little did I know that CDs and DVDs have a shelf life. I learned to love Steam over the years.

Now I hate subscriptions-for-everything and love Steam even more for only charging me once to buy a game.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

As a patient gamer, I only buy older games on sale under ten bucks. I don’t replay games too often, so if I lose access it’s a big whatever.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My colleague (late 40s) is still like that. Buys only GoG or I guess physical, although it's mostly codes nowadays anyway? I mean good for him but he misses out on like 80% of games.

I don't think Steam will ever die but I hope it won't fall into enshittification at some point.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As long as Valve remains a private company, and Gabe remains in charge, I don't see them getting too shitty.

But if they go public? Forget about it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

This is my fear. Gabe won't last forever, and I don't know anyone else who has a customer centric approach as he does. Maybe that guy from Costco who threatened to kill someone over the hot dog price.