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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Publishers already tried this (EA, Ubisoft, etc) and it didn't really work. They came back to Steam.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

because they didnt learn, in order to make more profit per sale on your platform, you either:

make a platform consumer friendly enough that people are willing to use it (the part that is most important)

or

make a game thats "good enough" that people will use your platform as a service (e.g Riot)

EA and Ubisoft (mostly) failed at both.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

That's why I think it has to be someone who owns a bunch of publishers, like Microsoft. Like how Disney is not just Disney, but also Pixar, Marvel, ABC, ESPN, etc... It's why people shit on Paramount+. There's just nothing there worth watching.