Last year, they all came crawlin' back to Steam, and this year was another strong one for Valve.

From the opinion piece:

Last year, I pointed out how many big publishers came crawlin’ back to Steam after trying their own things: EA, Activision, Microsoft. This year, for the first time ever, two Blizzard games released on Steam: Overwatch and Diablo 4.

  • FlashMobOfOneEnglish
    18•1 year ago

    They won me over permanently when they instituted a refund policy.

    • @EdibleFriendEnglish
      16•1 year ago

      Not just a refund policy but a refund policy where you can just say ‘yeah this shit sucks yo’

        • @EdibleFriendEnglish
          3•1 year ago

          I rarely am. I’m a very wise man.

          • Cosmic ClericEnglish
            4•1 year ago

            the oracle stated something to the effect of “Socrates is the wisest person in Athens.”[3] Socrates, believing the oracle but also completely convinced that he knew nothing, was said to have concluded that nobody knew anything, and that he was only wiser than others because he was the only person who recognized his own ignorance.

            https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_that_I_know_nothing

            • @EdibleFriendEnglish
              1•1 year ago

              I know this quote, for I am very intelligent. Also handsome.

              And exceedingly humble.

              • @woelkchenEnglish
                1•1 year ago

                And exceedingly humble.

                Could you be the humblest person in the world?

    • @yamaniiEnglish
      7•1 year ago

      It took the australian government to do it, but at least they did it in the best possible way after being forced to, instead of throwing a tantrum and having people need to talk to a support person.

      • @MeanEYEEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        Steam did have refund policy and I have returned games in the past, but it was a review process.