A contributor to GameStop's long-forgotten Steam competitor explains why he thinks Valve came out on top: 'What Steam did better than anybody else was to create a community'
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In hindsight, who would have guessed that Valve would win against the likes of Microsoft, EA, or Ubisoft?
  • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    and play your games with friends

    Thats part of what “community” is.

    Regardless, just because it’s not your reason for using it doesn’t mean it’s not a major factor in why it’s successful in general.

    • Klanky@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      9 hours ago

      Yeah I get that from the other comments. I just don’t consider playing games with IRL friends part of community but I get it. I was thinking more of the almost universally reviled community forums.