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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The fact that there are tons of games only available on steam should tell you it's a monopoly.

It's fucking shocking to me that so many people here actually believe that Valve isn't a monopoly. You must have your head way up your ass.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

How many games are actually steam exclusive on PC though, not counting 50 cent shovelware crap? A good chunk of the best selling PC games ever (minecraft for example) are not even available on steam.

I just went through the top 10 on steam and other than counter strike, which is literally made by valve, all of them are available elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Because that's not at all how a monopoly is defined and you ignored the concept of retail exclusivity deals to make this statement lol.