nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 20 hours 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-square76fedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down19cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1343arrow-down1external-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 · 20 hours agomessage-square76fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·17 hours 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-up2·edit-229 minutes agoBut it’s not what the quote is talking about. You’re just correlating different things.
minus-squareDyskolos@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·17 hours 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.