• Grimy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Valve is a store front in a soft monopoly with other similar products and colluding with them. We would have more and better quality games if the government did its job and regulated the store front industry.

    Instead of regulating, you seem to imply these costs should be passed down to us instead and the indie industry should just bring up it’s prices, just so Gaben can keep his six yatchs. I think you are confused about your own self interests.

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      2 months ago

      you seem to imply these costs should be passed down to us instead

      They already are.

      I really think you know nothing about what you talk or how the market works, this isn’t even fun.

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        2 months ago

        I said this was costing us indie studios

        You said they chose what price they put up their game for, implying the best solution is us paying more instead of steam getting less

        I explained I think this is a bad decision for us the consumers and the industry as a whole and more importantly, that steam can absolutely afford to pay less.

        Reread the whole conversation and try to understand what I’m saying if you want me to continue conversing with you. You seem to be ignoring my points and we are going in circles.

        Implying I don’t know what a store front is or how it works is condescending.

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          It’s disgusting to see people defending the people that are exploiting them and preventing them from being more than average.