I would almost call it a consumer enforced monopoly. Steam is simply so much better than the competition (besides maybe GOG) that a lot of people will not buy a product if its not on steam. How many people do you know that won’t buy most games if they aren’t on steam?
I sometimes buy games from non steam platforms but I put a lot more thought into it than I would when buying on steam. I simply trust steam to not fuck me when I know the competition will.
Same, I know installing from other launchers on linux is possible using lutris, but since the steam experience is so smooth, I’ve never bothered to figure out how.
I would almost call it a consumer enforced monopoly. Steam is simply so much better than the competition (besides maybe GOG) that a lot of people will not buy a product if its not on steam. How many people do you know that won’t buy most games if they aren’t on steam?
I sometimes buy games from non steam platforms but I put a lot more thought into it than I would when buying on steam. I simply trust steam to not fuck me when I know the competition will.
I’ve got a whole bunch of free games on my epic account and I’ve never even bothered to try to figure out how to install them.
Same, I know installing from other launchers on linux is possible using lutris, but since the steam experience is so smooth, I’ve never bothered to figure out how.
I think that’s just called having a good product