• AngryMob@lemmy.one
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    24 days ago

    The only game devs i know who hate steam are shovelware or low effort devs. Or i guess contrarians that just want attention.

    I get it, steam takes a big cut. But you make more releasing on steam alone than every other site combined, by a lot. You get more audience, word of mouth, advertising, you get more api features, etc.

    And i say this as a fan of GMG and GOG. I want them to be the top dogs, and i like posts that give them more attention.

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      24 days ago

      just cause you recognize that you gotta use steam if you wanna make a living, doesn’t mean you can’t hate steam and wish they didn’t have such a monopoly. lots of people use things they hate, just cause that’s the meta, y’know?

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        24 days ago

        But where are the actual good reasons for the hate?

        “Ugh i have to use this genuinely good storefront if i want to be successful” is not a logical reason. Its not a monopoly. Consoles and mobile are still a thing afterall, even if we ignore all the pc stores and the fact that plenty of games do fine without steam, including indie.