- cross-posted to:
- games@sh.itjust.works
- cross-posted to:
- games@sh.itjust.works
- GameStop is hoping somebody will buy its Canadian and French operations.
- This amounts to over 500 physical stores across both nations.
- The company’s CEO decried “Liberalism, Socialism, Progressivism, Wokeness and DEI” within his firm while shopping for a buyer.
It’s really not bizarre at all. You wanna know why game enthusiasts like valve? Take the list the other guy gave you and find a store that has close to half of the features steam offers. Add in great hardware support (my controller and my deck are some of the best experiences I’ve had), and a healthy dose of actually making Linux gaming viable for the average person, and it’s obvious AF why game enthusiasts like valve.
Even if they can’t count to 3.
It’s like when Netflix provided so much value and content with a great user experience, you felt like you were losing money by not subscribing.
But, because they are a public company, they have to constantly beat the previous quarters metrics. So slowly the pride goes up and the experience gets worse. Eventually we get to where we get today.
The nice this about steam, is they are not public. Only public companies have a legal obligation to think about their investors first.
So steam does not have that pressure, so while there are issues, like DRM, or allowing questionable content, you don’t have to worry about their hand being forced to squeeze revenue at the expense of customers.