> They provide no benefit that couldn't be done a better way. Centralized software install/update, with a good CDN behind it, is a pretty huge advantage. Even

> They provide no benefit that couldn't be done a better way. Centralized software install/update, with a good CDN behind it, is a pretty huge advantage. Even if you don't care about any of the other features of the Steam launcher, that one alone is worth it. Having every publisher run their own download servers means they're much more subject to getting overloaded under heavy demand, or becoming permanently unavailable if the publisher goes out of business.