Retailers threaten to ban Steam games!

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ssj12 said:

totalwar23 said:

Good. Everytime I look at a game at a retail outlet, I have to constantly look in the back to see if it's Steam integrated or not.

And why don't you just buy your games on Steam? the majority of the time they are easier to get installed, have better purchase deals, and amazing sales.

The point of the non-Steam sellers is that Steam could grow out to be the iTunes of gaming, where Valve dictates the market, like Apple is doing with songs and apps. Now maybe you can trust them not abusing that power, but I surely prefer actual competition preventing one party deciding which games you can play.

Not saying I blame Valve for that, they grew because they're offering the best deal, but it seems other (online) retailers had enough and will stop at nothing to lose all their market share.