Having a public chat group inevitably devolves into an endless waterfall of messages. I dunno how you do it. I can barely stand being a group with 5 people.
I use XBOX only because it's the only controller that still accepts AA batteries, which means I can use rechargeable ones and swap them out when they're dead without ever being tethered to a charging cable.
I also pop them open and rip out the rumble motors because I hate them.
If you want to living room PC experience you can still buy Steam controllers on FleeBay.
CDPR judges that selling on Steam is enough of a boost that it's worth the cost.
I literally just explained this in the comment you just replied to.
Want your game on Windows PC? Upload an EXE somewhere. Sell a disc. Run your own launcher. Or license out to Steam/Epic/whoever.
You can upload it wherever you want and create whatever launcher you want, you will be unsuccessful. Fucking EA did this for 8 years, failed, and went back to Steam. As did Ubisoft. You simply won't be successful without Steam. That's what a monopoly is.
Fedora Linux's Atomic Desktops originally followed a naming scheme based on minerals. Bazzite is a mineral that is known for being strong, lightweight, and is colored blue.
Valve's 30% is a price that a studio chooses to pay
No its not. Its a fee they have to pay because they have no other option, because Steam is a monopoly. Even CDPR, who literally owns their own game store, lists their games on Steam, because there's no way they could ever be successful without it.
Your first comment in this chain that I am responding to is
I remember, thanks.
You have not yet defined it yet seem insistent that it is.
You didn't ask me for a definition.
And a whataboutism is
I know what a whataboutism is. You dont. This is called an "example". An example of a company that was legally ruled a monopoly but also has competition.
You brought up google in a discussion about Steam/Valve.
You're missing the larger discussion around monopolies, and you're mad because I disproved your position. You also didn't answer my question while simultaneously repeatedly demanding that I answer yours.
Having a large user base is not a monopoly.
You're obviously just misrepresenting the statement I just made in the comment you just replied to.
I think it's pretty clear at this point that you have no intention of a good faith discussion so I'm not going to entertain this any further.
I don't think you understand what a whataboutism is.
I don't know why you keep asking me this question when I already answered it in my first comment. Yes, Steam is a monopoly, because they hold the overwhelming marketshare of PC gaming.
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Having a public chat group inevitably devolves into an endless waterfall of messages. I dunno how you do it. I can barely stand being a group with 5 people.