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.

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[–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 10 months ago (32 children)

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.

Why is it so hard for companies to build a game launcher that doesn't suck? Is it just a lowest bidder situation?

[–] echo64@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago (24 children)

Steam sucked, really bad. For 8 years, maybe? Maybe more? It takes time to build something, but consumers demand everything immediately.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)

GIF from that period.

[–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

I wish I had a use for that.

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