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Sony drops “PC”, adds “AI” to official PlayStation business strategy summary
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It could be as simple as that. But I was thinking a nonprofit with standardized hardware and a team to integrate it with Linux properly. All the games can be open source and community supported.
We could call it the Playtendobox.
/s? https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine
You mean Steam... the monopolistic company that is using price fixing on the entire PC game industry?
Not exactly what I was thinking to be honest. It is certainly standard hardware on Linux that is supported by a community though, so it isn't all bad.
Something being popular because it works better than all its competitors is not a monopoly.
Accused of using price fixing, it's an ongoing legal process.
If you're going to criticize Valve do it by going after the incontrovertible stuff like benefiting massively from loot boxes (gambling, skimming off the secondary market) or providing "community tools" with very little support for moderation or protection from malicious reviews. There's plenty to criticize.
Listen, they meet the market definition of a monopoly with 75%. That is higher than Microsoft, another well known monopoly.
I really don't care what the courts say. There are numerous testimonials proving without a doubt they have engaged in price fixing. Specifically, they request that any game that is listed on Steam cannot be listed somewhere else for a lower regular price.
This is classic monopoly behavior and your feelings really don't matter.
Thanks for bringing up their other unbelievably shitty practices though. Did you know they used to not offer refunds? Yeah, a court smacked them down which lead to their stellar return policy.
Stop pretending they are anything but a corporation.
Officially this only applies to Steam Keys. Unofficial there are a couple of allegations that they've done this in other contexts. This is not "numerous testimonials proving" nor is it reflective of actual policy. Part of the legal process is determining if the allegations are factual and if they represent actual policy or if they're the actions of individual managers misunderstanding or overstepping policy.
If the allegations are true, yes it's monopolistic behavior. In the meantime you're free to use Epic, Origin, Ubisoft Connect, GOG, itch.io, whatever Microsoft is calling their store these days, Humble, or wherever else people publish their games.
Valve makes it easy to buy and sell, simple to update, and has integrated social features like a friends list and messaging that simply work. They keep margins low by having a small number of employees. They don't need to engage in anti-competitive price bullying to be embarrassingly profitable. Maybe they are anyway. I'm not going to use a worse store for no gain while I wait for those lawsuits to finish. (I do like to buy through GOG or itch.io when it's an option because I'd rather have the software unreliant on a third-party or internet-connected launcher)