@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 7 days agoGabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1433arrow-down111cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1422arrow-down1external-linkGabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'www.pcgamer.com@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 7 days agomessage-square95fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•7 days agoMaybe you weren’t old enough to remember it, but people were pissed and swore they would forever boycott Steam when it released
minus-squareDyskoloslinkfedilinkEnglish7•7 days agoI indeed was one of them. Managed to boycott until left4dead2. Then i caved in. The war was lost anyway. And now i have easily put 5 figures into steam and own nothing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-26 days agoBut it’s not what the quote is talking about. You’re just correlating different things.
Maybe you weren’t old enough to remember it, but people were pissed and swore they would forever boycott Steam when it released
I indeed was one of them. Managed to boycott until left4dead2. Then i caved in. The war was lost anyway. And now i have easily put 5 figures into steam and own nothing.
But it’s not what the quote is talking about. You’re just correlating different things.