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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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tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world
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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.

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prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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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.

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Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca
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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.

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