If Microsoft had been smarter they would have leveraged their OS monopoly to position themselves to become the game launcher monopoly on the most used OS in the world, and been the go to place for every publisher. Would have made it easier to push UWP and added in additional DRM to make it more difficult to make Linux gaming a possibility with the game launcher being one run by Microsoft and made it more baked in to be reliant on the OS like Microsoft Store.
And even if game compatibility was worked out for Linux made it so people would need a Microsoft account if they wanted to play most PC games. That’s what Microsoft lost out on letting a non Microsoft company gain success with a third party launcher that is now leveraging their success to push a non Microsoft OS to the mainstream.
And about anti competition. All you’ve said is something about cuts and I pointed out that it would actually hurt competition, so you want them to make cuts so other launchers lose one of their selling points while making those that need a higher cut like GOG harder to stay alive as a business? I think you should get mad at other corporations for not also getting into the PC gaming market sooner.
You can complain about them making a lot of money, but other than that you haven’t really been clear beyond the generic they make a lot of money and are a monopoly euphemisms.
Yeah M$ fucked up their chances at the steam monopoly. Still doesn’t mean we need it to be a monopoly at all. Going from one billionaire conglomerate to another owning the monopoly, still leaves you with a monopoly. Neither option is good, you are still stuck in a monopoly that will enshittify.
It wouldn’t have been just a Steam monopoly. It would have been PC gaming gated behind Microsoft, and with Microsoft having zero incentive and total control with it being heavily integrated into their OS with no need for openness. A consolified PC gaming space would be what they would have loved. Not just to make piracy more difficult, but to get the trust of publishers who had all gone towards consoles because of the perceived benefits of a closed ecosystem.
Yes so now there is the operating system monopoly by the two giants and the gaming monopoly on pc with steam and the consoles being locked down ecosystems run by two corporations. None of that is good competition or a positive for creators or players.
It’s still a fucking monopoly we are stuck in and steam like every damn oligarch tech company needs to be chopped up.
If Microsoft had been smarter they would have leveraged their OS monopoly to position themselves to become the game launcher monopoly on the most used OS in the world, and been the go to place for every publisher. Would have made it easier to push UWP and added in additional DRM to make it more difficult to make Linux gaming a possibility with the game launcher being one run by Microsoft and made it more baked in to be reliant on the OS like Microsoft Store.
And even if game compatibility was worked out for Linux made it so people would need a Microsoft account if they wanted to play most PC games. That’s what Microsoft lost out on letting a non Microsoft company gain success with a third party launcher that is now leveraging their success to push a non Microsoft OS to the mainstream.
And about anti competition. All you’ve said is something about cuts and I pointed out that it would actually hurt competition, so you want them to make cuts so other launchers lose one of their selling points while making those that need a higher cut like GOG harder to stay alive as a business? I think you should get mad at other corporations for not also getting into the PC gaming market sooner.
You can complain about them making a lot of money, but other than that you haven’t really been clear beyond the generic they make a lot of money and are a monopoly euphemisms.
Yeah M$ fucked up their chances at the steam monopoly. Still doesn’t mean we need it to be a monopoly at all. Going from one billionaire conglomerate to another owning the monopoly, still leaves you with a monopoly. Neither option is good, you are still stuck in a monopoly that will enshittify.
It wouldn’t have been just a Steam monopoly. It would have been PC gaming gated behind Microsoft, and with Microsoft having zero incentive and total control with it being heavily integrated into their OS with no need for openness. A consolified PC gaming space would be what they would have loved. Not just to make piracy more difficult, but to get the trust of publishers who had all gone towards consoles because of the perceived benefits of a closed ecosystem.
Yes so now there is the operating system monopoly by the two giants and the gaming monopoly on pc with steam and the consoles being locked down ecosystems run by two corporations. None of that is good competition or a positive for creators or players.
It’s still a fucking monopoly we are stuck in and steam like every damn oligarch tech company needs to be chopped up.
Go on, lick that boot as hard as you can