Disagree. Most big companies have tried the way of not releasing on Steam, and almost everyone came back over the years because they realized a lot more people buy your game if it’s on Steam.
But they came back with the launchers… I think less would have come back if they couldn’t also install launchers.
A lot of companies would but big games that are going to sell just on the name like GTA would be fine without steam. Multiplayer features and APIs are all built into the launchers, I don’t see them rewriting huge chunks to remove it so steam can take a cut of the sale.
I read this as banning something like lutris and was very confused.
If they did ban launchers most the big companies would not do what you want and just not release on steam.
Oh well. I believe Ubisoft or EA tried doing that, and they came crawling back after a while.
Disagree. Most big companies have tried the way of not releasing on Steam, and almost everyone came back over the years because they realized a lot more people buy your game if it’s on Steam.
But they came back with the launchers… I think less would have come back if they couldn’t also install launchers.
A lot of companies would but big games that are going to sell just on the name like GTA would be fine without steam. Multiplayer features and APIs are all built into the launchers, I don’t see them rewriting huge chunks to remove it so steam can take a cut of the sale.