• wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one
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    10 months ago

    The free games system isnt anti consumer. And the exclusives are an industry standard, that steam also is involved in.

    You have a laundry list of actual hostile practices, why did you pick the two that arent?

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        10 months ago

        If you think me giving you things you want that cost you money elsewhere for free is anti-you, you shouldnt be having this conversation. Full stop. Video games arent meth.

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      10 months ago

      No, steam isn’t “also involved” in paying publishers to take their games off of other platforms.

      Steam “exclusives” exist because every other platform is too dogshit to bother making a business relationship with.

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        10 months ago

        Exclusives are not paying publishers to remove games from platforms. Those are two completely different things.

        If you do not understand that simple fact, you probably shouldnt be wading into this discussion.

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          10 months ago

          Yes, they are. That’s what exclusive means.

          Only being on one platform because no other platform makes business sense is not an exclusive. An exclusive means an exclusivity contract.

          But even if you lie and pretend your version is an “exclusive”, it absolutely is not “steam playing the exclusive game”, because that unconditionally would require steam actively incentivizing staying off of other platforms.