Flachmatuch
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Steam sales make sense and enhance profits so why don't we envision a future where they are commonplace?
Steam will either be eliminated, or will have to submit itself to these rules also. It's a bit longer term of course, but this is what has to happen.
Different companies, different ethics, different models of operation.
There is only one capitalism and one globalised market. If you don't use the best tactics available, you're going to be eliminated by someone who does. That's the way it goes. There is one way - to know the market so well that you continuously stay one step ahead of your competitors, and this is how markets are supposed to work, but limitless accumulation makes this only a short to mid term possibility. Like Nintendo in this generation for example. But in the longer term, the general corporate tactics (basically what MS is doing) has to work out :-/
Also. There is no such thing as "ethics" when you're talking about corporations. Well, this is an exaggeration, there can be ethics for smaller or more traditional companies - but having any kind of "ethics" is a market *disadvantage*. Something you pay for with profits. That "inefficiency" has to be eliminated by market competition.