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An architect of 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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An architect of 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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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 16 hours ago

In hindsight, who would have guessed that Valve would win against the likes of Microsoft, EA, or Ubisoft?

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I don’t know anyone who uses Steam for the community features.

Steam works because it’s easy. Full stop.

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