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I feel like the gaming community (not this one) worships Valve (too much). (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Valve has done some good things for the game industry: they encouraged modifications, and made some good games.

However, I feel as if the gaming community praises Valve too much.

The gaming community praises Valve's monopoly on game distribution services.

That's about it though.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Valve has had every opportunity with their early monopoly on the online distribution of games to screw everyone over and they choose not to. That is why they get the praise they get.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Didn't they though? I mean they act like a centralized middleman for many games, get to say what is acceptable or not, and to my knowledge don't respect european regulations (about private copy and second-hand software licensing).

EDIT: We could also talk about digital handcuffs (DRM).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Steam itself doesn't really have DRM, however they do allow other publishers to add DRM to their games on the Steam platform.