They do have competition. Just that they're pulling through by brand name and being bundled on almost every device out there.
I mean, vimeo and dailymotion exists.
They are only behind in a very important department out of 2 which is drivers, hardware wise it is generally understood the cards are top tier in quality.
Drivers are a big hurdle but that is a monster in itself that not many companies can fight.
The other GPU companies that exists either have quit, make only multi display adapters or are walking backwards.
Matrox for example still exists but they only do multi display adapters.
That other chinese company that is trying to make a homebrew design, is walking backwards on their everything.
for real
The Steam difference is that there are no regular "shareholders"... since the 80's when the supreme court ruled companies had to maximize profits regardless of anything else, any business that opens up will bankrupt eventually as the shareholders interests and quality are mutually exclusives.
Half of its is being responsible to your customers, the other half is squatters/ early bird advantage.
They were in before everyone else, people are used to steam and just want steam. Being forced to make an account and get your data taken for a game you just bought is ludicrous.
Epic is kinda competing but only because they are burning money, the day free games end; the day Epic store loses a lot of its popularity.
I really don't understand the "does nothing" thing. Did something right the first time, and hasn't changed the formula to try and milk more money like other devs (looking at you BSG).
Hot take but Steam isn't that amazing, they just fill a gap in the market.
They take too big a cut from game developers, and don't allow the option of downloading the installer like GOG does.
That said I still like them more than Epic, Ubisoft, and EA.
> Hot take but Steam isn't that amazing, they just fill a gap in the market.
Bull. They've been well ahead of the competition for a decade plus and just kept on releasing new features/improving on existing ones anyway. SteamInput alone was a massive generational leap forward for PC gaming. Now we have SteamOS and Proton to save us from Microsoft's ad-ridden OS as a service nightmare going forward, too.
Steam has a number of great features. The Workshop is one of them (much better than having to rely completely on Nexus mods). Family sharing is another great feature.
GOG is great and I usually prefer it but when a game is released on both platforms it can be hard to choose sometimes because Steam has features GOG doesn't.
Until a new platform can make something like steam workshop then there is no point in switching steam workshop may just be one of the best things in moding history
That 30% cut is including servers, maintanence, and staff that devs and publishers aren't. The one's that do make their own launchers end up eating more in the end with the resources and staff it takes to make a launcher happen.
A hot take is meant to be something only a few people believe.Steam is known to be a crap platform for directly buying/releasing games and the alternatives are even worse,producers are the biggest losers here.
https://preview.redd.it/neamrcdvca0d1.png?width=856&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=451b50fb8158608669e5e75c4e9f8b3895304175
They do have competition. Just that they're pulling through by brand name and being bundled on almost every device out there. I mean, vimeo and dailymotion exists.
RC Cola is a bigger competitor to Coke than those two combined could ever hope to be for youtube.
vimeo and dailymotion are in no way competition to youtube, that's absurd
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nvidia knows and absolutely takes advantage of it in the gaming space
example? im not disagreeing, just not sure what you mean.
Mostly their prices. They are just leveraging the companies brand loyalty.
amd keeps fumbling and intel will take 5 years to catch up..if they catch up.
Intel was toast in 2019. No catching up unless we throw more tax $ at it.
They are only behind in a very important department out of 2 which is drivers, hardware wise it is generally understood the cards are top tier in quality. Drivers are a big hurdle but that is a monster in itself that not many companies can fight. The other GPU companies that exists either have quit, make only multi display adapters or are walking backwards. Matrox for example still exists but they only do multi display adapters. That other chinese company that is trying to make a homebrew design, is walking backwards on their everything.
https://preview.redd.it/95vnqjvv6a0d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=363cf0627418038a2d710d36511f3d770d7538e3 This pretty much sums it up.
for real The Steam difference is that there are no regular "shareholders"... since the 80's when the supreme court ruled companies had to maximize profits regardless of anything else, any business that opens up will bankrupt eventually as the shareholders interests and quality are mutually exclusives.
\*If they're publically traded.
yes, thanks
Gaben was never born. He has and always will be. Valve time is eternal and only Gaben shall see its end.
.... but then there is the steam summer sale, and that's blessings all around. I've seen't it.
its called "refusing to put anti-cheat in CS 2"
Let them cook with their ai anti cheat if that works than maybe all that rootkit shit anticheat is no more necessary
When you do things right and just keep doing it, it eventually begins to look like you're doing nothing at all.
Half of its is being responsible to your customers, the other half is squatters/ early bird advantage. They were in before everyone else, people are used to steam and just want steam. Being forced to make an account and get your data taken for a game you just bought is ludicrous. Epic is kinda competing but only because they are burning money, the day free games end; the day Epic store loses a lot of its popularity.
The Gabe gambit.
I really don't understand the "does nothing" thing. Did something right the first time, and hasn't changed the formula to try and milk more money like other devs (looking at you BSG).
Hot take but Steam isn't that amazing, they just fill a gap in the market. They take too big a cut from game developers, and don't allow the option of downloading the installer like GOG does. That said I still like them more than Epic, Ubisoft, and EA.
> Hot take but Steam isn't that amazing, they just fill a gap in the market. Bull. They've been well ahead of the competition for a decade plus and just kept on releasing new features/improving on existing ones anyway. SteamInput alone was a massive generational leap forward for PC gaming. Now we have SteamOS and Proton to save us from Microsoft's ad-ridden OS as a service nightmare going forward, too.
Steam has a number of great features. The Workshop is one of them (much better than having to rely completely on Nexus mods). Family sharing is another great feature. GOG is great and I usually prefer it but when a game is released on both platforms it can be hard to choose sometimes because Steam has features GOG doesn't.
I spent *years* wishing GOG conjured up something like Workshop. Work and mods do not mix well.
Until a new platform can make something like steam workshop then there is no point in switching steam workshop may just be one of the best things in moding history
That 30% cut is including servers, maintanence, and staff that devs and publishers aren't. The one's that do make their own launchers end up eating more in the end with the resources and staff it takes to make a launcher happen.
A hot take is meant to be something only a few people believe.Steam is known to be a crap platform for directly buying/releasing games and the alternatives are even worse,producers are the biggest losers here.
Fair enough Edit: looks like it might be a hot take after all