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Can anyone overthrow Steam on PC? "As long as Valve is independent and not a publicly traded company," analyst says it looks impossible (www.gamesradar.com)

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[–] Napster153@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Investing into customers and their overall happiness and loyalty works out, go figure.

The King who has never seen grass will starve to death on an iron throne.

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[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Even if I’m playing a game I bought from GoG, I still need Steam involved for its controller support or Proton if I’m on Linux.

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[–] Indigobunting@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

You can run proton without Steam.

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