QwarkDreams
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I'm not sure if many good vendors can take on Steam. Even if there were several good alternatives some games would still be exclusive to some vendor-platforms. The problem with those unattractive alternatives would be erased (with them now being good) but you'd still have several accounts. Even with real life stores you're most likely to go where you have the best prices and largest range. Even if there are some stores that offer one or two items cheaper than the one you buy frequently at, you'd weigh if the lower price makes up for - lets say - driving an hour (which adds the time and gas money to the lower price for the item). The comparison may not fit that well and is a bit exxagerated but I think y'all get what I'm sayin' ;-)
Maybe it's just me not really caring for cross-platform MS games but I'm kinda happy with Steam and don't have the urge to look for alternatives (well, except when there's games I wanna play that aren't sold via Steam).
@Jas00555 On one hand there's the shareholders wanting MS to abandon the XBox, on the other hand it's abandoning GFWL and killing many games completely (rendering them non-playable).
Pulling the plug on such a service and not coming up with a great replacement shortly after doesn't look too commited to me.
Maybe it's just me not really caring for cross-platform MS games but I'm kinda happy with Steam and don't have the urge to look for alternatives (well, except when there's games I wanna play that aren't sold via Steam).
@Jas00555 On one hand there's the shareholders wanting MS to abandon the XBox, on the other hand it's abandoning GFWL and killing many games completely (rendering them non-playable).
Pulling the plug on such a service and not coming up with a great replacement shortly after doesn't look too commited to me.
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