They made a pretty big promise in Alyx, which he acknowledged in the documentary. It’s also been about 5 years since Alyx was announced and released around the Game Awards, so given that promise that they made 5 years ago, maybe this year is the year.
When is this guy going to start wearing a turtle neck? Yeah, he’s been capitalizing alright, enough to own 1 billion dollars worth of mega yatchs.
How about he promises to stop raping the industry with his buddies at Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo.
This is such a shit take, I just have to assume it’s ragebait.
Nuclear waste, bury in the desert for 10,000 years level take.
"Simp squad, UNITE!
Hurry guys, we have to protect daddy Gaben. This heretic must know how shit his opinion is. Be sure to be clever! We know its actually impossible to defend billionaires with logic so just insult the comment itself!"
Imagine defending a man that spends 100 million a year on yatch maintenance.
30% of all the money you spend on games goes directly to Gabens Greed Fund, and you clap. Gross.
Bold move, saying Valve isn’t the only company in the whole world that actually loves their customers!
RedditLemmy hive mind is incapable of accepting such a thought.Would you ever say the same thing if I was being critical of Bezos or Musk.
The fact is Steam is the only company that benefits from an army of simps ready to defend Gaben at the slightest hint of negativity.
This article is literally a puff piece.
Are you sure I’m the one part of the hive mind, with my 36 downvotes? Your comment is very ironic.
Eh, I guess you misunderstood. I was calling out the downvoters, not you.
Ahhhhh, I get it, sorry I misunderstood. It’s very rare I get comments actually agreeing with me on the subject.
What would we do without them? Use FUCKING Epic?! Lmao
With Valve and Steam? You would be paying for online multiplayer.
Atleast there would be a offline option with that. If online multiplayer was paid.
Steam itself has an offline mode, even if they sell online-only games. I use it pretty often.
You can pay for online multiplayer and not have an offline option on consoles. There’s no reason to believe that paying for it would make more games playable offline.
without them you would probably still own the games you paid for
Steam is pretty much the only thing that stopped the Microsoft Store.
If that had happened, you probably couldn’t even run games anymore on windows unless they were installed through the Microsoft store. Mods would be dead, and we would be in the same, but worse situation.
Hell, maybe you couldn’t even buy games, but had to buy “game subscriptions” like game pass on xbox
Microsoft now installs games in an unprotected directory because people were so annoyed they couldn’t use the mods made for other storefronts.
You don’t remember pre-Steam then, because it was already headed down this path. Piracy and used copies have been the boogieman for a long time, and doing anything they can to prevent both was always the natural destination of the industry, unless more people start shopping on GOG.
You don’t remember pre-Steam
Do you? pre-steam you would install games and play them outside steam
Yea, right. It would’ve been another platform to capitalize on the internet becoming more available and digital distribution becoming viable.
You don’t need any third party proprietary launcher to run software
Don’t be naïve. As long as greed is enabled in our society this or worse would’ve always been the outcome. Or do you think other companies would’ve slept on the opportunity?
Are you using lemmy through a third party proprietary launcher?
Yes, Android. Why?
“Daddy Gaben can do the bad thing because he was first to do it, heehee”
The fact is we need new regulations and laws but the government will never act if bootlickers like you are the majority.
Stop defending billionaires that are actively robbing you.
Nice strawmen you got there. Where the fuck did you see me defend a billionaire?!
I am just being realistic here. Our current society enables greed and greed would’ve always led to this situation or worse. We need to change the system fundamentally to change that.
You are not being realistic you are being stupid. You are indeed defending a evil corporation and a billionare with a fleet of mega yachts by stating that their work is necessary. They are needed for what? For a long time before they rolled in and started misleading kids tossing money in marketing you didn’t need a third party proprietary launcher to run software and you still don’t need it now.
Say that again but this time put some stank on it.
