Re:Starcraft II goes free-to-play seven years after launch
by methodover on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @06:57PM
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Steam's monopoly is also why it sucks, I think. It seems like a textbook example of what happens with monopolies -- it produces an expensive product that could be much better and much cheaper.
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Re:Starcraft II goes free-to-play seven years after launch
by ece on Thursday November 09, 2017 @03:33PM
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Frankly, the publishers that have their own Steam competitors are worse. Steam at least supports Linux well and listens to players more than the publishers. I do wish DLCs were less rampant, but this is a gaming industry issue and less of Steam's wrongdoing. The GoG and Humble Bundle models are proven successes at this point, and I've easily spent 5-10x more on them than on Steam.