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Plenty of companies have succeeded going against Steam. You have game developers like Blizzard, EA, and Epic who all have their own Steam-like platforms on PC
by 013a 8y ago
Plenty of companies have succeeded going against Steam.
You have game developers like Blizzard, EA, and Epic who all have their own Steam-like platforms on PC where they distribute their titles. Arguably these platforms are more popular than Steam, if only because of the popularity of the titles they own.
You have popular games that distribute outside of these platforms, like League of Legends and Guild Wars.
And you have other studio-unassociated storefronts, like Humble Bundle, Twitch, GoG. Yes, I'm aware GoG is owned by CD Projekt Red, but it's a generic storefront not just for their games, and they distribute their games elsewhere, so it resembles Steam more than it does Battle.net.
The PC gaming space is ridiculously diverse and there is room for competition. There's also a lot of value I can see arising here in the indie space; if Nitro becomes a "Netflix for Indie Games" type subscription, that's something relatively unique (Humble is close, but has a curation problem). Combine that with the huge curation and discovery problem Steam has, and possibly some strategic partnerships with Humble or CD Projekt Red, and it'd be a huge win for small developers and gamers alike.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoI wouldn't consider any platforms distributing solely their own titles as a Steam competitor. Aka, Origin, Battle.net, etc. are not Steam competitors. GOG and Humble Bundle are Steam competitors, and I wouldn't argue either of them are on the same scale as Steam. And Discord needs to make a lot of money if they're going to pay back their investors.
- Macha 8y agoOrigin also has Ubisoft games (https://www.origin.com/irl/en-us/store/assassins-creed/assassins-creed-iii https://www.origin.com/irl/en-us/store/assassins-creed/assas... ), THQ Nordic games (https://www.origin.com/irl/en-us/store/darksiders/darksiders-iii#store-page-section-overview https://www.origin.com/irl/en-us/store/darksiders/darksiders...) and indie games (https://www.origin.com/irl/en-us/store/opus-magnum/opus-magnum https://www.origin.com/irl/en-us/store/opus-magnum/opus-magn...) though you wouldn't easily tell since the front page exclusively promotes their own games.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoI stand corrected, then. However, the fact that I was wholly unaware of this also suggests they are not really a viable/successful Steam competitor. ;)