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So to offer a reason “why” specifically for me it was because I have been hanging out with some game devs lately and they f****** hate steam, like it is the vein of their existence, so they showed me this one site and they were like this is the best one in our opinion, of course it’s a little biased but I can see where they’re coming from
Edit: chill out y’all I’m just relaying what I was told, I use steam too, but it also does have a huge grasp on the market and that makes it unfavorable for devs
The only game devs i know who hate steam are shovelware or low effort devs. Or i guess contrarians that just want attention.
I get it, steam takes a big cut. But you make more releasing on steam alone than every other site combined, by a lot. You get more audience, word of mouth, advertising, you get more api features, etc.
And i say this as a fan of GMG and GOG. I want them to be the top dogs, and i like posts that give them more attention.
just cause you recognize that you gotta use steam if you wanna make a living, doesn’t mean you can’t hate steam and wish they didn’t have such a monopoly. lots of people use things they hate, just cause that’s the meta, y’know?
But where are the actual good reasons for the hate?
“Ugh i have to use this genuinely good storefront if i want to be successful” is not a logical reason. Its not a monopoly. Consoles and mobile are still a thing afterall, even if we ignore all the pc stores and the fact that plenty of games do fine without steam, including indie.
So to offer a reason “why” specifically for me it was because I have been hanging out with some game devs lately and they f****** hate steam, like it is the vein of their existence, so they showed me this one site and they were like this is the best one in our opinion, of course it’s a little biased but I can see where they’re coming from
Edit: chill out y’all I’m just relaying what I was told, I use steam too, but it also does have a huge grasp on the market and that makes it unfavorable for devs
The only game devs i know who hate steam are shovelware or low effort devs. Or i guess contrarians that just want attention.
I get it, steam takes a big cut. But you make more releasing on steam alone than every other site combined, by a lot. You get more audience, word of mouth, advertising, you get more api features, etc.
And i say this as a fan of GMG and GOG. I want them to be the top dogs, and i like posts that give them more attention.
just cause you recognize that you gotta use steam if you wanna make a living, doesn’t mean you can’t hate steam and wish they didn’t have such a monopoly. lots of people use things they hate, just cause that’s the meta, y’know?
But where are the actual good reasons for the hate?
“Ugh i have to use this genuinely good storefront if i want to be successful” is not a logical reason. Its not a monopoly. Consoles and mobile are still a thing afterall, even if we ignore all the pc stores and the fact that plenty of games do fine without steam, including indie.
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