Everything except making a store people wanted to use? Ethan Evans, who was previously Vice President of Prime Gaming at Amazon, has a short retrospective of trying to take on Steam.

  • Grass@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Nobody is going to overtake steam without being better. Corporate suits are also too out of touch to even come close

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      No publicly traded company can compete with a well run private company. Infinitely growing profits breaks everything. Never take a company public if you can help it. It may even be preferable to shutter it if that is the only other option. Having stupid amounts of money is cool and all, but it does nothing useful. Money is only a tool if you actually use it… a golden hammer sitting on a shelf does no one any good.

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        3 days ago

        Yeah even apple is talking about potentially introducing ads into maps when their whole positioning of premium price has meant premium product and experience.

        But the pressure of continual stock increases means company has to keep chasing exponential growth as opposed to being content with sustainable growth.

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      3 days ago

      Also a company that isn’t primarily a gaming company isn’t going to overtake them.