Whats really with Steam and why many companies wants it?

[Scoobes]

yushire said:

Scoobes said:
It's quite possibly the most sucessful PC game download service available and they are essentially like platform holders getting a small percentage of each download. Highly profitable for Valve I'm guessing. It also has a large and loyal community to rival that of X-box Live and PSN and will likely only grow.

Also, having a download service like Steam prevents second-hand game sales.

 

 

WOW I wonder if either big game companies could exploit the service? The  possibilty was endless. Though I wonder why Gabe dont want to share Steam. I only know now that Valve was a private company...

They could, but I'd rather they didn't. Valve have been treating the service and their customers with great respect that I don't see that continuing from some larger organisations. With Valve being so small I think it actually benefits the service they provide. PC gamers especially can be a fickle bunch and a larger corporation sticking their nose in could really ruin the community.