Comment on Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?
MartianRecon@lemmus.org 3 weeks agoSteam takes 30% of a developers sale. That’s a pretty heft price tag.
People don’t call Steam a monopoly (though it pretty much is) because they don’t mind steam.
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
If you google for 5 minutes, you’d find that 30% cut has been in gaming for ages. Back in the day 30% would include physical printing, transporting, store space. Today Valve’s 30% means forever-downloadable, always in your game list, cloud saves, linux support, community features. If only Valve didnt use income from that 30% to make their service better and grow their user base while at it.
MartianRecon@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
This doesn’t change the fact that they are a de facto monopoly, but gamers defend it because they like steam.
They can be a likeable company and still be a monopoly.