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Post #2231712
2026-05-01 10:17 UTC
Replies (9)
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@Mwa@thelemmy.club 2026-05-01 10:22
agreed, i will just hope they dont abuse the monopoly like Google or Microsoft.
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@lime@feddit.nu 2026-05-01 10:28
is steam really over 95% of the market? i think that’s where the limit is
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@TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2026-05-01 11:00
The term monopoly does not apply here. Not only do we lack any evidence of anti-competitive practices, there literally are competitors, they just suck and they are very unpopular.
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@AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 2026-05-01 10:44
People call Valve a monopoly, and they are right but… is it a monopoly because they wanted to become one? Or because the competitors are completely clueless about what do the customers want? Can we blame Valve on becoming a monopoly when they simply are listening to the customers while the competitors (like Epic) keep ignoring users demands? EA, Ubisoft, Microslop… they all tried to make their own launchers to move away from Steam and they all failed. Why? Because they wanted to make those launchers their way, while actively telling the users to shut up about their demands on what would make the launchers great. Epic… Epic keeps throwing fortnite money to EGS launcher but keeps ignoring the most basic user demands. Like, dude? I’m telling you that, for buying your product, it must have A, B and C. But, instead of offering me that, you make a product that lacks specifically A, B and C. And you expect me to buy it? It is a monopoly, but because nobody else is even trying. And that pisses me off.
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@woelkchen@lemmy.world 2026-05-01 12:54
It’s still a monopoly though. No, it is not. You and the other commentators need to stop repeating that propaganda lie by the true monopolists of PC gaming (Epic, Microsoft,…). All of Steam combined makes up a fifth of the PC gaming revenue. A fifth! That’s a very good percentage but a fifth of anything is not a monopoly and that’s not even including mobile and consoles where Valve isn’t even competing at the moment. Fortnite, Rocket League, Valorant, League of Legends, Minecraft, still World of Warcraft, Roblox,… are where all that PC gaming revenue is concentrated but a few mid-tier games sell best on Steam (because the same priced copy on EGS offers worse value) and suddenly everybody keeps repeating the lie of the true monopolists that the company that isn’t classified in the EU as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act is a monopoly (but Microsoft is).
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@mecen@lemmy.ca 2026-05-02 08:10
But it is still the best launcher on market all others are crap especially epic. And despite being dominating player it still didn’t abuse this power, meanwhile you hear only bad things about other launchers, delisting your games, insane telemetry, lack of reviews etc. I hate most of other launchers not because they are bad but because they are required for playing some games: rockstar etc. Gog found good niche in DRM free games which is great.
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@hayvan@piefed.world 2026-05-01 13:46
The meme I hate is "Valve wins by doing nothing". You cannot be any further from the truth. Valve has won so far by doing many things right, they keep doing many things right. It's like IT or maintenance work, or being God, your work is invisible until everyone dies.
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@selokichtli@lemmy.ml 2026-05-02 13:08
Will they? Probably. The thing is the others already did, and they even tried to hurt Valve in bad faith. The meme is good, but they took their shots at Valve before shooting themselves in their faces. I just hope GOG wakes the fuck up with Linux support, so I can buy more from them.
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@lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2026-05-01 16:30
Has valve ever done anything to stifle the competition?