Last year, they all came crawlin' back to Steam, and this year was another strong one for Valve.

From the opinion piece:

Last year, I pointed out how many big publishers came crawlin’ back to Steam after trying their own things: EA, Activision, Microsoft. This year, for the first time ever, two Blizzard games released on Steam: Overwatch and Diablo 4.

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    9 months ago

    It is technically a monopoly, you don’t need 100% market share to be considered one otherwise Google wouldn’t be considered a monopoly but it is.

    • Rose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      In the Epic trial, Google made some of the same arguments as those used to defend Steam, like the presence of competing stores or the claim that it wins people over by the quality of the product.

      Epic’s expert made these relevant points:

      Google impairs competition without preventing it entirely

      Google’s conduct targets competition as it emerges

      Google is dominant

      And we know who won in the antitrust case. Let’s see what happens in Wolfire et al v. Valve.