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Counterpoint 1: Steam could not buy steam.com. Counterpoint 2: Domain scalpers will demand ridiculous prices if they believe that you are affiliated with a sim
by johndough 4y ago
Counterpoint 1: Steam could not buy steam.com.
Counterpoint 2: Domain scalpers will demand ridiculous prices if they believe that you are affiliated with a similar-sounding domain or company.
- bombcar 4y agoSteam hasn't been really slowed down by not having steam.com however - even Valve itself doesn't have valve.com Ever since URL bars defaulted to a web search instead of just adding www.com to the word the value of a one word dot com has dropped.
- jonwinstanley 4y agoCrazy that the owners of steam.com and valve.com haven't sold. It's pretty obvious who they should sell to, they just need to agree on a price.
- xmprt 4y agoValve isn't buying steam.com because they don't want to, not because they can't. > Domain scalpers will demand ridiculous prices if they believe that you are affiliated with a similar-sounding domain or company Anyone sitting on steam.com right now, thinking that Valve is more likely to buy it tomorrow than they are today is delusional. Domain names and TLDs are becoming less relevant day by day and especially with Valve/Steam's computer savvy, gamer userbase, I don't think they really need steam.com. It could be helpful but if they've already decided they don't want it today then they probably won't change their minds tomorrow.
- slavik81 4y agoThe steam URL is kind of whimsical. I quite enjoyed when Stardock created their competing service in the same vein: Valve : Steam : steampowered.com Stardock : Impulse : impulsedriven.com
- efreak 4y agoSteam has steampowered.com and steamcommunity.com