thingsiplay comments on Epic Games Store keeps growing, but third-party game revenue tells another story

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (6 children)

How? Also my statement is correct. Just because you don't like the company does not change the fact that lot of Indie game developers and game stars get famous in Steam. If they sign an exclusive contract on Epic, it will most likely die (as we seen it again and again). Valve (Steam) on the other hand support the things I like and want to use, like Linux and Open Source. They pay open source developers to do stuff and it benefits me, the eco system, the community and other companies.

So what is the problem you have?

Edit: In other words: Don't tell me what to do, convince me.

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[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (5 children)

I can acknowlegde the fact that some indie games rise to fame on Steam without the flowery wording. Most are exclusive to Steam because of their quasi monopoly, so there is not really another place to go. But in the end, Steam can terminate or change their services. They are still a for-profit company under a dangerous government.

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I can still support the companies that support me and what I care. And Steam is the only gaming company that does that. I would rather buy and play on Steam than on any other platform. No one says its a perfect place. Doing profit for the company is what I want them to do, otherwise I wouldn't trust the company exist in the future. And compared to most other gaming companies, Valve is still a private company that does not need to bend its knees for investors. They are very much interested into surviving long term with happy customers. And they support Open Source and Linux. These are very important values to me.

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