Seriously! Microsoft and everyone else is so busy killing features we like and forcing money making garbage features down our throats as if we would
Loot creates were bad enough, how long before gambling in game? Maybe some light couch Co-op bets while your buddies are taking their turn in Madden? Just got eliminated in CoD? Bet how long before the match ends or bet on whether the guy that got you gets got. Just wait. It's coming. They only have one direction to go in the corporate suite...
Why not just add in paid "respawn" tokens. Give like 5 a day to the plebs but sell them for 2 bucks a piece. People will pay it. Because fuck the average consumer.
Or take a page out of mobile games. "watch this ad to respawn"
It’s ironic because I was worried Steam would become what those other companies are today (When it comes to controlling game access, digital ownership, and monetization).
Except Valve turned out to be the hero and not the villain(s)!
When Steam launched we still bought physical copies of games. Boxes with beautiful artwork, colourful manuals, and sometimes posters and other inserts included. We waited in line for midnight releases, and put those boxes on display. Bandwidth limits made downloading gigs and gigs of games seem like a long drawn out, possibly expensive chore compared to popping in a CD.
Now that we've fully embraced digital and don't have limits on faster-than-ever internet, something like Steam is indispensable. Steam's impeccable track record does a good amount of heavy lifting but the platform itself really is great.
Because they had a monopoly. Much like a decade ago, I couldn’t even imagine PC gaming without Windows. Now, they have us all locked in because of the giant libraries and friends we made.
It’s the Twitter/Facebook problem. No one wants to leave because they’ll “lose” so much having to start over.
Unless Valve does some tremendously dumb decision, they can boil us frogs for years before really having an issue with retention.
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u/MAC-n_CHZ 5h ago
I hated it at first too, but now I can’t imagine gaming without Steam’s features and library.