nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 年前Gabe 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-square94linkfedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down112cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1424arrow-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 年前message-square94linkfedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·1 年前Maybe 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 年前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.
minus-squareusrtrv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 年前But 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.