true_fan said:
If you think that simultaneaous XB1/PC development won't take a chunk from steam, you are mistaken my friend. We don't know how much, but Valve Business will definitely be affected. |
I agree with you. It seems that the only reason that I use steam is that I lack a choice. If M$ goes to all the developers and says "hey, i will cut the fee you pay to online publish in half if you go with me", a shit ton of developers will do it. OR M$ can offer to them that they just need to publish to both services and receive that same discount. THe way it seems that M$ is setting up Win10 is such that it will be a lot simpler for the casual crowd to get content/games. IF they link it to the existing XBL, this will work from day one. All they have to do is subsidize it for a few years with large discounts for the developers and consumers. But, once they get a real foothold after 5 years or so, they can slowly move to a more profitable model. By that time, Steam could be in a more serious financial situation. You never know, maybe Sony or M$ would buy them out at that point(or sooner).
It is near the end of the end....
