nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agoGabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1405cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.casteamdeck@lemmit.online
arrow-up1405external-linkGabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'www.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square89fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.casteamdeck@lemmit.online
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoMaybe you weren’t old enough to remember it, but people were pissed and swore they would forever boycott Steam when it released
minus-squareusrtrv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-215 hours agoBut it’s not what the quote is talking about. You’re just correlating different things.
minus-squareDyskolos@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoI indeed was one of them. Managed to boycott until left4dead2. Then i caved in. The war was lost anyway. And now i have easily put 5 figures into steam and own nothing.
Maybe you weren’t old enough to remember it, but people were pissed and swore they would forever boycott Steam when it released
But it’s not what the quote is talking about. You’re just correlating different things.
I indeed was one of them. Managed to boycott until left4dead2. Then i caved in. The war was lost anyway. And now i have easily put 5 figures into steam and own nothing.