Quoting: Theodispeople will just start defending it because that's just how it normally is.

I've seen it so many times, but I'm still baffled whenever someone militantly defends something scummy done by a really big corporation.

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Okay… So we have to hope that they get lots of negative feedback and bad sales so that they give up on the idea for future releases instead of abandoning PC as a platform…

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Quoting: thekraken8himHowever, I wouldn't call Steam a walled garden at all. Valve doesn't do anything to prevent developers from selling on different platforms. They just made a platform that has so many good features, people generally prefer to use their product. I think that's a good strategy for a company to have. It actually encourages innovation in the market.

It works out that way anyways… All the games on GOG with missing Linux versions and missing updates. I don't think store exclusivity is a good thing and while they don't pay developers/publishers (unlike Epic) it often ends up that way.

What I don't like is that they apparently prevent deeper discounts on other stores.

The sentence about innovation… I don't see any innovation in the market at all. Humble has turned into a Steam key reseller from an innovative concept – drm free, cross platform, real pay what you want, charity donations. Epic with the barrage of free games and exclusivity bought by endless milking of Fortnite players. GOG is getting worse all the time – partly because their own mistakes (e.g. the timeout when not using the ‘optional’ client caused by bad programming in their Steam crack that is used by most releases in the last years) and partly by the publishers/developers abandoning their customers.

The only real innovation (i.e. investing lots of money into Linux) is happening because Valve is afraid of Microsoft destroying the market. Obviously this has huge benefits for us, but it is dangerous when it all depends on one company (or really one person that controls the company).

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Quoting: tuubiI'm not sure if I should feel perturbed

I'm glad that I'm not the only one that thinks that it is a bit weird.

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Well… the walled garden is the shop with the games. The device is just a gimmick to sell more games, so it makes sense for them to supported other hardware.

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We'll see how long it takes until a new trend to circumvent the rules emerges…

The new free/demo tab is great.

Edit: Just stumbled upon another game that uses fake Steam UI. It was advertised in the carousel on the top of the main page.

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Quoting: PenglingI don't really know how else to describe it!

That's not what I meant. It was an expression of shock of recommending a maze game. No one expects that.

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Quoting: Penglingmaze

No…

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I'll definitely not be able to hit a higher discount. I've got Hands of Necromancy and Mordheim.

Quoting: Penglingwhen it gets too hot!

27 °C at 20:30. And it's supposed to get hotter every day.

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When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is in the Build your own Summer Bundle 2024…

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