Randy Pitchford talks Valve,Steam,and exploitation.

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He goes on to say that the industry needs to pay attention to the way digital distribution is handled for music. "I’d rather buy it from someone whose only interest is serving me. I’m cool with it being a digital retailer, but I want that to be their only business. And then I’ll really trust them."

 

haha good luck with that...

anyway, Valve deserve to take a large portion of profits. theyve spent years, and therefore lots and lots of money developing steam into the easy and well structured program it is today. Even though they take a fair portion of profits, small companies BestGameEver (Audiosurf) and other Indie companies would be nowhere today without the support from Valve and Steam