Last year, they all came crawlin' back to Steam, and this year was another strong one for Valve.
  • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
    0·
    6 months ago

    No, steam isn’t “also involved” in paying publishers to take their games off of other platforms.

    Steam “exclusives” exist because every other platform is too dogshit to bother making a business relationship with.

    • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
      0·
      6 months ago

      Exclusives are not paying publishers to remove games from platforms. Those are two completely different things.

      If you do not understand that simple fact, you probably shouldnt be wading into this discussion.

      • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
        0·
        6 months ago

        Yes, they are. That’s what exclusive means.

        Only being on one platform because no other platform makes business sense is not an exclusive.