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Modder behind the 'Swiss army knife of PC gaming' deletes their 20 year-old Steam account with anti-Valve manifesto: 'By the end of my bitter dealings with Valve… there was zero hope' (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

You're only underscoring Kaldaien's point about Steam by bringing up Fortnite, given that Epic is willing to release their products on other stores, whether it's mobile or Microsoft Store on PC, as long as the terms are reasonable, not junk fees, as Sweeney puts it.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    ^ Mental gymnastics

    The inverse is also true. Go buy Half Life on Origin. Can't? Oh no! Monopoly! blows siren

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yes, Valve is quite consistent about keeping things locked to its store. Steamworks is also limited to Steam. Proton is an exception, but the LGPL license of Wine simply wouldn't allow it to be otherwise. Publishing the source code is required if building on it rather than just using it as a component.

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