Newell also said in 2023 testimony that Steam's 'unwritten rule' against charging lower prices on other storefronts does not exist.
  • plateee@piefed.socialEnglish
    4 months

    Here’s the thing. There are other places. Epic, Amazon Gaming, Origin/Battlenet/Ubi, itch, Microsoft store, gog…

    Most suck at discoverability or they don’t have the variety of Steam. Some are shitty by design (Origin, Ubi, Battlenet) - intended to only get you to play their games. Others like itch aren’t built for scaling out to deliver thousands of big games.

    This isn’t a thing like Apple’s walled garden, I feel like this is Steam out performing the competition.

    • Carl@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4 months

      Epic you get flash banged even when grabbing free games… Their UI is over a decade old. GOG’s UI is frustrating to navigate. I love the deals and free promotions on steam, and the UI.

      • plateee@piefed.socialEnglish
        4 months

        And don’t forget GOG fucking still doesn’t have a native Linux client.