Not really. You can choose to go somewhere else at any time. Even the Steam Deck is open to installing a different OS that doesn’t even include the Steam store.
The owner of the marketplace has the right to charge merchants who sell their goods in a safe place provided by the owner, especially when the market itself is delivering and garunteeing the product works.
So yeah, Valve takes more than other companies, but unlike say Epic Games valve is actually making sure the devs deliver a working product.
… Am I still on lemmy?
The whole thread is a corporate talk and Apple Steam fan mix. Your first paragraph…
We’re discussing a monopoly, and all I am reading is how good a product they’re making.
Shouldn’t the discussion also be about their costs, margins?
Is the market difficult to enter by its nature? How much would the users and developers benefit from more competition?
Valve: Has reasonably priced games on sale frequently
Makes the Steam Deck
Actively supports Linux, both for VR and regular gaming
Has the best customer service out of any competitor
Has the best store experience out of any competitor
I mean…it’s not surprising that they’re a monopoly, but that doesn’t make them a bad one.
I fear for the day GabeN has to pass on the torch 😖
Benevolent Dictatorship?
More of an elected monarchy really…
All hail king Gabe!
Not really. You can choose to go somewhere else at any time. Even the Steam Deck is open to installing a different OS that doesn’t even include the Steam store.
Why isn’t their cut mentioned? This seems like the most important information.
The owner of the marketplace has the right to charge merchants who sell their goods in a safe place provided by the owner, especially when the market itself is delivering and garunteeing the product works.
So yeah, Valve takes more than other companies, but unlike say Epic Games valve is actually making sure the devs deliver a working product.
… Am I still on lemmy?
The whole thread is a corporate talk and
AppleSteam fan mix. Your first paragraph…We’re discussing a monopoly, and all I am reading is how good a product they’re making.
Shouldn’t the discussion also be about their costs, margins?
Is the market difficult to enter by its nature? How much would the users and developers benefit from more competition?
And I still dont know their cut.
Who makes the games? 🤔
Valve has made games. Damn good ones at that.
You know HALF-LIFE Counter Strike Portal Team Fortress 2
and are the makers of the source engine powering Titanfall 1, 2, Apex and a lot more
Oh yeah when did those come out and how much of Valve’s revenue do they account for lol?
If you count only Valve’s own games’ sales, those earned nowhere as much as the steam market trade of TF2 hats and CS skins