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Except that the store itself is a deterrent, for a whole laundry list of reasons you can seek elsewhere. For me, the deal breakers are: 1. No user reviews. 2
by dleslie 8y ago
Except that the store itself is a deterrent, for a whole laundry list of reasons you can seek elsewhere.
For me, the deal breakers are:
1. No user reviews.
2. Refund system is allegedly horrible and unreliable.
3. No cloud saves.
4. No mod workshop.
5. No forums.
6. No store-provided, NAT-punching, low latency networking.
The last three have made for many of my best gaming experiences in recent years
- mises 8y agoFor me, one issue is the forty-something percent stake tencent has. Both in that I don't trust their software and that I have serious ethical concerns about directly supporting china. I know it's essentially impossible to not buy anything from them, but I would say videogames are definitely something people can easily stop buying.
- cortesoft 8y agoYou also can't buy a game for a friend.
- kyriakos 8y agoThat's just a matter of competition catching up though. From a consumer perspective multiple stores should have a positive effect. On the other hand streaming services are not benefiting the consumer directly.
- dleslie 8y agoThose things cost money. It's where a good chunk of Valve's cut goes.
- Joakal 8y agoStore closes shop. Your "purchases" turn out to be for a game licence that only works if the shop servers are up. I've been burnt by this, most commonly with multiplayer games that only work with bankrupt company's server.