Gabe Newell caps off Steam Machine week by taking delivery of a new $500 million superyacht with a submarine garage, on-board hospital and 15 gaming PCs (www.pcgamer.com)

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[-] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

I mean it's definitely the best of worst but people make it sound like it's actually good. It's extremely bad for developers. Basically digital rent seeking, their favored nation clauses, more or less erasing physical media and the second hand market. This is just off the top of my head. But steam is awful

[-] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

i don't know about where you live but there was basically no second-hand market for win 9x games anyway.

[-] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

In small towns yeah you'll never get a second hand market. But everywhere else you can. I mean even now there is a big market for second hand switch games. You can basically play any game for like $20 if you buy used (or even new) and sell when you're done.

[-] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

sorry what does that have to do with pc games?

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