Got a source on them paying publishers for that?
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GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 1 week agoExcept they kinda did.
They pay publishers to use Steam as DRM for physical releases.
If you wanted to play the game on PC, you needed Steam.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 week ago
doublah@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Publishers used Steam for physical releases because Valve takes no fee for CD keys, so it was cheaper for them.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Where do you get that Valve pays publishers to use Steam as DRM? And therefore forces them a kind of exclusivity deal? No, Valve does not do that.
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They did.
They don’t need to anymore because they killed the market of physical discs for PC games.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I ask again: Where did you get that idea from? Any source other than “trust me bro” statement? Valve did not, unless you can proof your extraordinary claim with an extraordinary source.
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 6 days ago
My own physical copy of Hitman Absolution. And the Steam code required to play a game with two physical discs.
Because Steam was used as DRM.
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