| haxxiy said: If they changed their plans and saw Steam as a competitor platform again. Of course it would damage the brand now, but there's only one reason any developer would leave their third-party launchers intact on Valve's platform: to keep a foot on the door and tie these games back to their own ecosystem if they want to down the line. |
@Bolded/italic - When did they ever see Steam as a competitor?
@underlined - The reason why they put in their third party API is because they can beef up their MAU numbers for investment calls to show how much growth there is which is what a lot of companies do whether its through profit, revenue, user numbers, etc. Its the same with every company - for a gaming company implementing a third party API helps with their investor calls.
The same reason why Rockstar, Ubisoft, EA and other companies are doing the same. Its not because they'll eventually drop out of support.
They can drop out of support regardless of whether there is a third party API - i.e. what EA, Rockstar, and Ubisoft did years ago.
