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Epic Games chief Tim Sweeney claims 'Valve has held gaming back for years' (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 1 week ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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Sure there Tim.

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ritchie replied, "The client is basically irrelevant in this day and age. Anyone could build one better than Steam and it wouldn't even be hard.

If that is the case, why did nobody do it?

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[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Because steam's is basically perfect. Except group calls. And mobile.

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[–] Willy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

i mean its not like he doesnt say why. he claims its network effect

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[–] nightlily@leminal.space 2 points 1 week ago

Not even necessarily wrong. Workshop is great in many respects for consumers but it’s quite anti-competitive. Valve has even shutdown projects to make Workshop mods available to games sold on other platforms.

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