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Steam keeps on winning (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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

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

But even if you lie and pretend your version is an "exclusive", it absolutely is not "steam playing the exclusive game", because that unconditionally would require steam actively incentivizing staying off of other platforms.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You let me know when you parse this out

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Don't bother, this guy is just a troll.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Did you call me a troll because I caught you out calling free things anti consumer?

If Im the troll, why did you delete your comment? Dick move dude