Flagstaff comments on Gabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy games

[+] Flagstaff@programming.dev -6 points 4 months ago (6 children)

They don't have to push Steam DRM on devs. They could just leave stuff open like on GOG... They could use a scaling model of fees based on the popularity one's games receive, since people have said the current levels are prohibitive for micro indie devs...

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[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (4 children)

they don't push steam DRM...devs choose whether they want it or not

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[+] Flagstaff@programming.dev -8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I know devs can choose; I didn't say "force," after all. But the fact that so very few games are DRM-free bugs me...

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[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That not steams fault so why bring it up?

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[+] Flagstaff@programming.dev -7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

They encourage it, I'm sure.

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[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

So a hunch is all you got....

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[–] qaeta@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

If you want to sell your product in a store, your product has to abide the stores rules. This is nothing new. You don't get to whine about how you can't sell enough anywhere else because customers prefer buying from the store, that's asinine.

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