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[LyricalShrike]

Why are people so hung up on exclusives ? Are they so insecure about thier platform's future that they need to deny stuff to people outside of it in order to secure its survival ?

Its so fucking weak.

Why are PC players bringing that nonsense to the discussion? Steam is a storefront. PC is a platform. Rampant loyalty to a store is weird.

 

[Kerotan]

They should buy Bungie.

 

[TintoConCasera]

99% of PC games are already exclusive to Steam.

With GOG and itch.io being a thing, no, they aren't.

 

[willothedog]

That don't change what I said.

You can't even call Aperture Desk Job or Hand Lab "games".. they're more like experiences. So the last game was Mar 2020. 6 years ago. Deadlock hasn't released yet.

It's an in-development, unreleased, Steam-only game

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

It's an in-development, unreleased, Steam-only game

 

[willothedog]

 

[Guilty_AI]

Has 5x more players thsn marathon tho (game hasn't released yet)

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Has 5x more players thsn marathon tho (game hasn't released yet)

Gabes yacht probably has more ccu but that's besides the point

 

[BlackTron]

No thanks, artificially limiting where a game can be played is bad.

They should put maximum focus into the store itself, better to have a store for thousands of games that isnt shit rather than take away games from others.

If Steam were to make more games and you could only play them through Steam, I don't think that would really be taking games away from others, which is what I'd call Sony and MS fighting each other by moneyhatting stuff.

Is it necessary, do they need to do it? Not really. But if they made, say, HL3, and you could only buy it on Steam, no PS5 or Xbox release, I say that's no harm no foul.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Gabes yacht probably has more ccu but that's besides the point

He did put a game room in one of them if i remember. He also likes to spend his time there shitposting on 4chan, or critizing my little pony fans whenever that was a thing

 

[Edgelord79]

Doing nothing is a strategy that works wonderfully. Until it doesn't.

It's such a generic statement that could be applied to anything.

 

[DaciaJC]

Yeah, no, fuck that.

 

[AmuroChan]

Valve has a monopoly on PC and they're not a publicly traded company. So honestly I don't think Gabe cares enough to invest billions of dollars into game development on a regular basis. Steam users also don't demand that of Valve. They're happy just playing any game on Steam.

 

[Three]

I don't wish for steam to secure exclusives but I do wish they'd actually make games that aren't GaaS. I have my fingers crossed for HL3.

 

[Jesb]

Is this like winning the lottery and going back to work.

 

[Manic27]

Is this like winning the lottery and going back to work.

No. It's like winning the lottery and giving the family that supported you your whole life better things.

 

[JayK47]

It is funny to see the responses in this thread. "Valve should not do exclusives." I agree. But when it comes to consoles, "WE DEMAND EXCLUSIVES!!!"

 

[Sorcerer]

Valve make a game exclusive to Steam? Steam is available on Windows, Linux, and Mac, and now seemingly Android and one purchase is good for all platforms. Who would they exclude, they don't do single player games or consoles (anymore) anyway (as far I am aware).
Forgive me if I am misunderstanding the OP.
Do you think Valve is developing Half Life 3 for Xbox, Playstation and Switch? That never occurred to me.

 

[Sohurmk833]

Steam has plenty exclusives because they are the only viable PC store.

 

[The_hunter]

Too bad valve doesn't make singleplayer games anymore

 

[Guilty_AI]

It is funny to see the responses in this thread. "Valve should not do exclusives." I agree. But when it comes to consoles, "WE DEMAND EXCLUSIVES!!!"

Just console warrior inferiority complex

 

[Aressa]

Nah I would rather have them put that amount into improving the store. If the team wants to make a game then that's fine but they shouldn't be forced to do it because of exclusivity. That's dumb.

 

[Cakeboxer]

No thanks, exclusivity sucks. As a PC player, it does absolutely nothing for me when peasants can't play certain games. I doubt it really benefits anyone besides Nintendo and console warriors anyway.

 

[Manic27]

Nah I would rather have them put that amount into improving the store. If the team wants to make a game then that's fine but they shouldn't be forced to do it because of exclusivity. That's dumb.

lmao at thinking Valve can't do both..

 

[Zacfoldor]