but valve created steam, which the publishers willingly signed up for even though both ubisoft and wb games have been on pc for longer than valve has.
i think that graph also needs mobile to get the full picture, but i'll concede that i based my statement on old numbers. the market share seems to be holding steady. still, 40% seems about right.
by the way, i'm using "niche" to mean "smaller part of", maybe that's not the correct usage. blame esl.
we're talking gaming, of which pc is a niche. a shrinking one at that. nobody is claiming sony has a monopoly on the ps5, ubisoft and wb are seemingry happy to pay them.
amazon's case is different. if you're selling the steam version of your game it needs to match the price on steam. if you have a separate non-steam version you can charge whatever you want.
the reason places like gog follow steam pricing is, why wouldn't they? makes them more money.
the deal the publishers make with valve is that steam versions of games need to be priced the same everywhere. if they're not offering steam keys they're free to set any price.
also, if a publisher "wanted" to sell it for a lower price all they needed to do was lower the price everywhere. that's not what's happening.
they're saying that publishers can't take a higher price on steam than on other platforms. basically they don't want their customers to pay a premium for using their platform.
"someone" doesn't include yourself. the more general version is that you can't change other people's opinions, only give them information that makes them think about them.
but valve created steam, which the publishers willingly signed up for even though both ubisoft and wb games have been on pc for longer than valve has.
i think that graph also needs mobile to get the full picture, but i'll concede that i based my statement on old numbers. the market share seems to be holding steady. still, 40% seems about right.
by the way, i'm using "niche" to mean "smaller part of", maybe that's not the correct usage. blame esl.