• yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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    11 hours ago

    Right, because managing, securing, updating, and operating steam is all black magic that costs valve nothing.

    Listen, they need that revenue for their R&D for the steam deck 2 and steam machines and shit. Fuck off ya hoser, eh?

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      4 hours ago

      Listen, they need that revenue for their R&D for the steam deck 2 and steam machines and shit. Fuck off ya hoser, eh?

      And also for Gabe’s fleet of billionaire yachts

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        3 hours ago

        Hey, we don’t talk about that here! Gaben is wholesome and even though he is a billionaire who owns a yacht company funded by lootboxes, he’s one of the good ones!

    • JillyB@beehaw.org
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      3 hours ago

      I’m no Epic Games fan, but this is an overcorrection. Valve makes money hand over fist and they aren’t making those products simply out of passion. They’re doing it to make even more money. The company are pioneers in micro transactions and loot boxes. The other large game companies (and especially alternative storefronts) have just been so shit that gamers feel a weird attachment to this company.

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      10 hours ago

      How about you fuck off defending the mafioso vig that Apple, Google, and Valve have extorted from game developers for years, you monopoly bootlicker?

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        6 hours ago

        FYI: Games like Ready or not have started the early access outside of Steam.
        So if you advertise your game properly, you can make it as well. Just need to work on your discoverability.
        But Steam makes it way easier.
        So either go with Steam, Epic, GOG, Itch.io or any other store.
        No need to fixate on only steam

      • lofuw@sh.itjust.works
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        10 hours ago

        Nobody is forced to use any of those platforms.

        You’re the one licking the boot of developers who just want to profit off of your stupidity.