My point was that Steam's point was not focused on the user, it was neither the client nor the outstanding features that made it popular. They were driven by a

My point was that Steam's point was not focused on the user, it was neither the client nor the outstanding features that made it popular. They were driven by a solid business plan, not "features". It's just a convenient proposition to retail games, because it's easy for the developper, and securing for the buyer. This was an addition to the parent comment. And the previous comment complained about the Steam launcher. The comment was fair, especially on lower end PCs with an old school HDD. He felt like someone was bloating his PCs with functionalities he didn't need. So yeah, the Steam launcher is there because it's a technical requirement to retail games. But I don't agree that it was successful for its new features. It's just ok because it sells games. Games for Windows Live tried to do the features without actually retailing the games, and it didn't work. And I will not reply further. As usual, there are more downvotes than actual replies. I never understood Reddit mobs on that.