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Game devs praise Steam as a 'democratic platform' that 'continues to be transformative' for PC gaming today (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Some of things I hate like extra launchers and DRM are still kind of good that Valve even gives people who publish there to have the flexibility to do whatever they want. Same goes for publishing of "crap" games. With Valve being the dominant one in the PC space being super draconian would be a bad thing, since just as they could go the good route for consumers they could go the bad route too. So the kind of "hands off " approach is a good one even if it doesn't always work out for us.

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Nothing I appreciate more than checking out the reviews and seeing "don't let it go unnoticed that this is an Ubisoft title, and therefore uses their launcher and drm" saved me regretful purchases (before the 2 week/2 hour return window) many times.

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago

Yep and Valve themselves display clear warnings on the store page for 3rd party account requirements, DRM and additional launchers.

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