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The best recent point of comparison I know of is EA's Origin app which is...just the worst thing I have currently installed. It's just God-awful. Steam was tha
by FussyZeus 10y ago
The best recent point of comparison I know of is EA's Origin app which is...just the worst thing I have currently installed. It's just God-awful.
Steam was that way for a very long time, and the bodies of it's various issues are what it's currently built upon. Companies should just get on the Steam train, take advantage of that platform and stop trying to invent a new Steam.
- iamwil 10y agoEveryone wants to own distribution.
- usrusr 10y agoAnd as things are, there is no way they can get it. One day Valve will stumble, but I don't think that the spoils will go to one of those who made fools of themselves while Valve didn't. Ambition is a hindrance to trust, that's why from the current crop, the only plausible candidate for a Steam successor is GoG. They give a believable impression of keeping up their business as long as they at least keep a certain niche of the market, while everything else looks like projects of the "displace Steam within x years or be shelved" kind.
- FussyZeus 10y agoPlus, having more than one of these clients is exactly the kind of problem Steam came on the scene to solve in the first place (i.e. inconvenient distribution). Steam has won this for the time being, and shows no signs of slowing down. It's foolish to fight it over NIH syndrome. Steam has been a godsend to indie developers. It can be a great partner for AAA ones as well.
- JimmyM 10y agoHave you tried uPlay? It's genuinely worse than Origin in just about every way.
- FussyZeus 10y agoUgh, I haven't played Black Flag in awhile so thankfully no. I do have fond memories/battlescars.