themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee"finance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square273fedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down125cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1368arrow-down1external-linkEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee"finance.yahoo.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square273fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareGeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 month agoBy striking exclusively deals with publishers for digital distribution and using it for DRM for physical releases. And now the generation that allowed that say to the next that Steam is the default.
minus-squarebleepbloopblip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoYes because before steam this never happened. Ever. They are the worst, oh hello Epic, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, didn’t see you there.
minus-squareGeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days ago oh hello Epic Steam literally did it first.
By striking exclusively deals with publishers for digital distribution and using it for DRM for physical releases.
And now the generation that allowed that say to the next that Steam is the default.
Yes because before steam this never happened. Ever. They are the worst, oh hello Epic, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, didn’t see you there.
Steam literally did it first.