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PC gamers buy way more games that cost less than $30 at launch compared to PlayStation and Xbox players, analysts say, and it's "reshaping the PC market" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] Janx@piefed.social 13 points 6 days ago

It's not complicated, games journalists. C O M P E T I T I O N. PC gaming has a history of offering gamers choice. Even if you argue that Steam is a de facto monopoly (I don't agree with this), people still have the choice of GOG.com, Epic, and more. You can't say the same about walled-garden digital storefronts like Xbox, Sony, and Nintendo.

And the fact that Valve doesn't currently abuse their customers means they stick with Steam. It means consumers don't have to pay sky-high prices if they don't want to, and also that indie companies can still compete and succeed...