Kerotan said:
AlfredoTurkey said:
Steam is entrenched with PC gaming to the point of no return. The only thing that can take them down is themselves.
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What if EA, UBISOFT, ACTIVISION, SONY, MICROSOFT, TAKE 2 NINTENDO etc all team up and launch their own steam where they share the 30% cut they previously had to give
. You're right that STEAM looks untouchable but sony did sony in the TV market once and Nokia with phones.
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That's like if DC, Marvel, Dark Horse etc. made a joint comic venture series. This is virtually impossible because of the revenue cut between them gets arguments. Sony wouldn't care, they're leader. Nintendo wouldn't; they don't even port their stuff to anything else 99% of the time. You can get rid of a phone/TV. People aren't gonna give up a 1000 game collection.
Kerotan said:
KingdomHeartsFan said:
Just curious what should Steam be doing that they are not already doing to secure their turf?
Also I think a lot of people are looking this over, PC gamers can use Steam's service for third party games and Microsoft's for first party games, PC gamers are in no way required to pick only one service. The only way Steam is gonna lose any marketshare is if MS's service offers games cheaper than Steam.
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Steam takes a 30% cut. Microsoft should only take a 10% cut. STEAM either cut their profits greatly or lose marketshare. That should be Microsofts first move.
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That could work. But could backfire, if people still say I don't care. Think of the spite towards Origin.
