Comment on Steam :: Introducing Steam Families
Kedly@lemm.ee 3 months agoI’m starting to think these people think we use steam because we have to, and not because its a legitimately amazing games catalogue/storefront. It makes the “Steam is a monopoly” and “What happens when GabeN dies and Steam goes down the drain” comments make sense
Spedwell@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You have to have never seriously engaged with the details of the Valve monopoly if you think that’s what we are upset about.
We know Steam is an amazing storefront—I buy my agames there because it’s the best experience for the cost. But Steam charges a premium. And despite taking smaller cuts, competing platforms like Epic cannot actual pass those cost savings to consumers because Valve is strongarming game publishers into fixing prices.
You have your head in the sand if you think Valve’s 30% fee is a fair market price for what they do.
Kedly@lemm.ee 3 months ago
The fact that you think Epic is consumer friendly in any way tells me all I need to know about engaging you any further on this topic.
Spedwell@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I said no such thing. Please come back to this later with a fresh mind, and remember how wrongly you interpreted what was actually said for the sake of trying to fire off a quick response.
But if you’d rather disengage then it is what it is. Cheers.