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Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy... and then it's only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can't it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It's so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic... which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

funny you never hear about games being ONLY on steam. it has nice features but riding so hard for a gigantic monopoly is going to bite our asses real bad when gaben retires. nothing lasts forever, and we don't know who or what will replace the current structure at valve.

not to mention valve has had its share of anti consumer and predatory practices. most of the concessions have been in response to legal threats.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

going to bite our asses real bad when gaben retires.

Blizzard was a good company when they released StarCraft, so I purchased StarCraft. Blizzard is a shit company now so I do not purchase or play their games now.

If Steam becomes a shit company in the future I'll stop using it. I don't understand the argument of "you should purchase for a shitty company now instead of a good one, because if you purchase from the good one it might one day become a shitty one.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

except you didn't buy all your games from blizzard. we're talking about having your entire library depend on one company.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

If Steam blocks my access to my legally purchased games or I refuse to run the Steam launcher there is no moral or ethical issue with me pirating my library.