Twitch to start selling video games this week

Re:Twitch to start selling video games this week by huac on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @03:27PM (#13979818)

Steam has so much value add beyond just its storefront, which is still the biggest in gaming. The community features are the most important - being able to see who's playing what and more importantly, being able to join their server, is not possible (yet) with Curse/Twitch. A lot of the Curse stuff is honestly little value, and if we're keeping track, implemented in Steam already. Curse Voice = Steam's in-game calls or calls over Steam Message; add-ons/forge = Steam Workshop.

I think that Twitch's streaming capabilities are going to be the question - are they enough of a differentiating factor to break people away from Steam and onto Twitch Desktop?

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Re:Twitch to start selling video games this week by Crespyl on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @05:15PM (#13980793)

I probably buy fewer things through Steam than I do Humble Bundle, GoG, etc., but do all my gaming through Steam anyway just for all the other things it provides, even aside from social things like friends-lists and server joining.

To name a few: cloud saves, steam workshop, big picture, and steam controller.

Even if I dropped all the social features in favor of some other platform, I'd still be launching all my games through steam for those features alone.

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