nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month 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-square95fedilinkarrow-up1434arrow-down112cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1422arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square95fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·1 month agoMaybe you weren’t old enough to remember it, but people were pissed and swore they would forever boycott Steam when it released
minus-squareDyskolos@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month 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.
minus-squareusrtrv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoBut it’s not what the quote is talking about. You’re just correlating different things.
Maybe you weren’t old enough to remember it, but people were pissed and swore they would forever boycott Steam when it released
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.
But it’s not what the quote is talking about. You’re just correlating different things.