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When he dies, PC gaming will die with him
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>>722122126
Maybe I'll die too
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PC gaming thrived before him, and will do so after him.
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>>722122209
before him, consoles dominated the market and were the superior choice for gaming
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he's apparently grooming his son to take over so maybe there's hope
probably not but you get the idea
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>>722122126
There's a backlog of 40 years of PC games, and emulators for pretty much every pre-Switch 2 console ever made. PC gaming will be just fine.

>>722122285
Retard.
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>>722122285
Actually consoles + PC dominated the market and will continue to do so.
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>>722122423
>and will continue to do so.
anon... there's no other way to play video games
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>>722122285
PC golden age was 1998-2002
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>>722122514
NTA. There's one, tho, mobile, and mogs both markets in revenue terms.
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PC gaming died decades ago
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>>722122126
I know his kids don't seem very interested in keeping the whole thing running but does he have grandchildren who might?
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>>722122285
TRVKE. This fat fuck did nothing.
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>>722122567
Roughly the exact moment Steam became mainstream
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>>722122704
The post is saying that the fat fuck changed everything.
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Good riddance.

Valve screwed over the Artifact fanbase by cancelling the Artifact 2.0 beta without even allowing users to invite friends like they said they would in January 2021 and does not deserve your financial support for these gross consumer-unfriendly practices.
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I already got my top 50 games backed up, a NAS full of media backups, a bookshelf of movies and shows, comics, and a Raspberry Pi 4. It can all go TOMORROW and I'd be good.
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>>722122829
Your commitment to the bit is unparalleled
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>>722122351
So you're telling me Gabe is a groomer?
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>>722122351
>he's apparently grooming his son to take over
i keep seeing people say this but cant find any info about it
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>>722122567
>>722122735
>Playing Total War and EDF on the same platform
You will never know the feel consolepoor
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>>722122285
>consoles dominated the market and were the superior choice for gaming
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>>722122514
fone
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>>722123065
the good kind
>>722123078
i heard it here so yeah it's probably bullshit
pc gaming is dead beyond recognition when he dies RIP
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>>722123102
I know the feeling because I'm an idort
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>>722122126
>Gabe dies
>day 1
>steam subscriptions
>tiered
>starting at 18.99 per month
>more ads but for random shit like shampoo and Netflix shows
>no more family play or sharing accounts
>steam sales max out at 10% off
>unique names that you have to register
>no more offensive names
>we get a new half life online MMO live service
>we get a new portal online MMO live service
>we get a new left 4 dead online MMO live service
>tf2 stays the same
It will be hell.
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>>722123129
Correct, consoles dominated the market.
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>>722123196
Not a single PC game will spontaneously combust when he dies or anything else happens.
>b-but muh always online
You have been warned thousands of times to not let a corporation fuck you in the arse. You get what you deserve.
>b-but muh slop made by statistical models ran by clueless retards and lazy jeets
Might as well try eating diarrhea while you're at it.

PC games will keep being made, good existing PC games will keep being played and neither you nor he can do anything about it.
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>>722122126
Hope he dies soon-ish :)
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>>722123375
But not the superior choice of game.
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>>722122126
Yes. But that's alright. I had my fun
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>>722123316
>On the same platforn
>Idort
More like idiot!
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>>722122126
Im a sonychad and when he dies I'm gonna celebrate his death on Twitter to trigger you fascists. Can't wait to see more conservative tears <3
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>>722123429
No they were that as well.
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>>722123481
You show them racist "master race" chuds xister!
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>>722123473
Sure.
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>>722123102
games like EDF being on PC is part of the problem, those are console games
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>>722123496
>Couldn't play CoH, STALKER, UT or Supreme Commander
>Superior
Fuck no
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>>722123547
Seething

>>722123579
All games are PC games now
cope
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>>722122889
based and same
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>>722123609
That's post Valve you fucking retard. Anon is talking about the 90s.
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>>722123609
PC couldn't play console titles as well, many would agree are superior to those.
>>722123670
Sure.
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>>722123754
Good catch. Never relax around PC vegans. They're known liars and decievers.
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>>722123579
Console games were ported to PC and viceversa all the time.
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Valve invented gambling microtransactions, why do people act like they're some saint of the gaming industry
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>>722123754
>>722123758
>>722123827
>>722123912
You're brown
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Good
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what the fuck is going to happen to Valve once GabeN bites the big one?

None of his kids are worthy.
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>>722124071
White/blue eyes actually
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>>722123708
Honestly I don't understand why more people aren't saving. Hell just get a 2tb external drive! We've all how triggered happy companies are to just wipe a game from stores!
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>>722122126
Some saudi oil baron buys steam
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>>722124276
>here is pic i took from facebook saar i am aryan yes?
lmoa brownoid
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>>722124071
>>722124276

the year is 2100, blue-eyed white people have become extremely are to the point that they're all been captured and put in zoos.
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>>722124562
Sure.
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>>722124880
I don't understand Hindu shitskin, sorry!
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>>722125015
Sure.
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>>722122514
unc doesn't know about mobile pubg :skull: :skull:
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>>722123129
>>722122285
Yeah. You don't remember what PC games looked like in 2005 or by that time a lot of the old PC game makers died off with nothing to replace them.
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>>722123415
i hope you die within the next few seconds
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>>722125547
If you think Gabe is a greedy jew, I'd hate to see what you think of the next kike CEO that will replace him and implement a subscription based system just to even be able have access to steam
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>>722125547
I don't know how owning yachts impacts you. Keeping Steam for the players is enough of a contribution to humanity.
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>>722122285
Consoles were only the superior choice when blitters were relevant. Hell, even in that time period (around the 16-bit era), PCs blew them away.
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>>722125181
brown consolepoor parrot
lmoa
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>>722124274
Some shitter will take over and make Steam immediately much worse in the name of profits and pleasing shareholders.
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>>722125547
What a missing father figure does to a mf
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>>722127107
Sure.
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NOOOOO WHAT WILL WE DO WITHOUT THE GUY WHO PUSHED DRM PLATFORM THAT TIES YOUR GAMES TO ONE ACCOUNT, THAT PRIORITIZES MICROTRANSACTIONS, LOOTBOXES, COSMETICS AND TRIED TO PUSH PAID MODS AND FOUGHT IN COURTS TO NOT ALLOW REFUNDS ON STEAM
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>>722127635
Probably not play games. If Steam dies, there's really no reason to bother anymore if there's no alternatives.
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>>722122126
Good. Bring back physical media
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>>722127847
Physical media is never going to make a comeback unless some kind global wide natural disaster happens.
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>>722127798
Yeah bro drm platforms will stop existing with him
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>>722122285
Consoles never stopped dominating even if steamies cry about it
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>>722127847
>Blank CDs inside an empty case
Fuck modern physical and fuck consoleplebs.
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>>722127940
PC is bigger than all 3 platforms combined
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>>722127847
It's always a pity that Blu-ray never took off on PC. And now you can't even play 4K Blu-ray movies on ANY PC. But they should be at least useful for data purposes. On the other hand, publishers won't come back to PC because there isn't any kind of active copy protection service right now. SecuROM was the last one and became Denuvo.
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>>722127929
There's literally no alternatives. Consoles are a joke of trying to maintain parity at low double digit framerates with inferior upscaling. Other stores either have no games (GOG, MS, battle.net, EA, Ubisoft) or have shitty interfaces (GOG, EA, Ubisoft, Epic).
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>>722128110
>Steam is why I have good frame rates and resolution
The self described tech literates sure love pretending to be stupid when it convienences them.
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>>722128480
>I can't read
How are you doing, Pranjesh Shawharnamajeet?
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>>722128509
Doing fine, Pranjesh Shawharnamajeet
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>>722128509
Saar pls do redeem the MS and Epic store! Please do the needful saar!!! Micorosof is not to blame for DRM is s the Steam yes?
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>>722128718
>argues against DRM
>argues for stores with the same DRM
For those of you who like to call "shill" on anyone you disagree with, this is what true shilling looks like: using actual lies to promote things.
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>>722122126
let's be honest, PC is slowly killing itself all on its own
soon people will realize they can spend $500 and get decent to great performance, or spend $3000 and get stutters, overheating issues, broken .dll files not to mention the other problems PC gaming brings such as cheaters
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>>722128780
Should be fine since you lied ans credited steam for why your computer has good performance two posts ago. Then lied and said I was indian in the same post.
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>>722128909
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>>722128934
>can't read
>still arguing about the statement he misread
>is a jeet who can't read American like Jesus spoke
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>>722129010
Sure.
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>>722128097
>It's always a pity that Blu-ray never took off on PC.
I genuinely will remember this fact at least once a month while I'm sitting at my computer and get irrationally angry for a minute or so
To my knowledge there wasn't a single main stream pc release on blu ray, such a wasted opportunity.
I still have internet that's <3mbps and can't really get any better, would pay out the ass to not have to sit in a library for 3 hours with a laptop whenever I want a new game like I'm a bum.
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>>722129026
>has no argument
>"Sure."
I can filter this chain of conversation from now on, Sanjay Sukhcockdeep.
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>>722129106
My argument was here >>722128480

Then you denied it happening so here we are, with you lying to defend a corpo.
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>>722122126
>>722122285
>>722123758
>>722127940
>most obvious bait thread in months
>hundreds fall for it
You stupid fucking niggers.
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>>722129035
>To my knowledge there wasn't a single main stream pc release on blu ray, such a wasted opportunity.
There was one, Nioh: Complete Edition, in Taiwan, protected with Steam.
There's also this European-only shovelware compilation.
Redump has a list of Blu-ray PC releases.
http://redump.org/discs/system/pc_bd-50/
http://redump.org/discs/system/pc_bd-25/ (zero)
Sadly, Steamworks got popular with third-party publishers around the time games still came out on double layer DVDs, some notable examples being Saints Row 2 and, of course, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
A physical release with account-based DRM may as well be a paperweight.
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>>722128909
I spent around 500$ in total building my PC and it out performs every console and just barely gets beaten by my friend's build spent like 2k$ on his and that one was a pre-built.

What you're describing isnt really "PC killing itself", its a literal skill issue amongst consumers.
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>>722129308
Clam down.
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>>722122126
Steam might, but something will take its place if that happens.
Gaben has been a staple in the realm of PC gaming, that is undeniable, but it existed and thrived before Valve even formed.
As long as there is computers, there will be PC games.
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>>722129349
The first third party game I saw that used Steam out of the box was Sin Episodes: Emergence. Dark Messiah let you install single player without Steam. FEAR 2 was where I think it tipped to "this is the future."
Nowadays, physical just seems silly due to the speed and reliability of internet connections. There are obviously people in rural areas that are fucked by this, but the bulk of the first world lives in a reasonably developed part of their countries.
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>>722122126
PC gaming was already dead. Valve just prolonged the inevitable a little longer.
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>>722122126
And nothing of value will be lost.
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>>722128909
>PC is dying
Nice 80 dollar games faggot, enjoying those price increases? AHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!
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Worse.
It won't die, even when it should had.
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>>722129827
>>722130480
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>>722122126

PC gaming is dying. GOG.com is collapsing with a 89% drop in profits. this means Valve is getting fucked, but because they are private they will show no data.
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>>722130756
>GOG failing means Valve is
>GOG has no games
>GOG has a shitty storefront
>that means Valve is struggling
Are you fucking stupid? I know the answer is yes, so you don't have to respond.
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>>722130756
>PC gaming is dying
It's been dying since 2005, it's finally fucking over!
https://www.zdnet.com/article/forget-the-gaming-pc-buy-a-console/
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Funny thing is, the jews have been slowly phasing out CD drives so when Valve goes under and there's nobody to take over, we can't even go back to just using CDs.

PC is doomed
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>>722122567
Sorry, when was it ever good? I must have missed that
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>>722131148
Damn, I guess it's over!
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>>722130945
>>722131092

Here comes the Gabe cocksuckers like clockwork. Steam Deck is DEAD, Valve hasn't announced the Steam Deck 2 and Palworld and Sonic racing are dead on Steam. Valve is clearly in trouble. Microsoft is going to buy them and shut them down.
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>>722122126
>He thinks Steam, a multi-billion dollar e-store will die if Gabe dies
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I should have got a phone stand years ago that way I could browse 4chan without my parents seeing
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>>722123129
PCfag here. He's not wrong. Consoles defined video games
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>>722130569
imagine seeing a womans face is all it takes to ravage your anus. lmao get laid faggot
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>>722131353
>seething tendie
lamo
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>>722131372
It will. That money isn't going towards what you think it is.
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>>722131440
PC redefined them
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>>722131479
>Consoletranny
lol
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>>722131483

Niggers always laugh before the collapse. EA niggers laughed. Intel niggers laughed. Xbox niggers laughed. GOG.com is a sign the PC gaming is collapsing. If you want to ignore that, that is your problem.
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>>722131563
>9 years to sell 1 million
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>>722131638
>>722131642
Thanks for the seethe,! I'll be sure to pirate and emulate everything that exists and has ever existed while you keep your paypig ways.

lul
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>>722122126
Why the fuck are you faggots so obsessed with him dying? Are we gonna start a death pool for Phil Spencer or Tim Sweeney?
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>>722131792
Desperation mostly
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>>722131792
Maybe because he's fat and old and could die at any moment???
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>>722131792
Because the likelihood of anything changing if Phil Spector dies is non-existent.
The likelihood of anything changing if Tim Sweeney dies is only a bit higher than Spencer's.
Newell is the dictator of the biggest PC store right now.
His death definitely could change things.
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>>722131852
>>722131883
He's going to live 20 more years while riding his megayatch just to make you seethe.
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>>722131792
He's morbidly obese and getting old, it's coming one of these days
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>>722131959
I don't even care if he lives or dies. I'm just explaining why no one makes this shit for Spector or Sweeney.
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>>722122126
I have to believe that he has a successor picked out already who carries the same torch
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>>722131762

Awwwwwwww. He's scared. LMAO. GOG.com is a WARNING. Dont be surprised when Microsoft, "Embrace, extend, and extinguish" Valve.
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>>722131961
>>722132015
You lost
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>>722132013
You mean his son? He doesn't have what it takes, nor does he care as much. He'll lead the company to ruin.
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>>722132015
There's literally no way Microsoft could compete with Valve with the head start they have.
>>722131642
Nobody played it. It sold low six digits the first year. It took until 2009 to break 1 million sold. I'm amazed they continued it. Even with a low budget, 138k copies in the release year (and it came out in June) is bad. This is from a Square document from April 22, 2009 detailing the profitability of their newly purchased subsidiary, Eidos Interactive.
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>>722122126
so, just like Iwata
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>>722132345
Opposite actually
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>>722122126
pc gaming is already dead. nothing worth buying or playing, woke shit everywhere, no os that isn't blatant spyware. it's ded jim
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>>722132427
Also, women think gaming is the least attractive hobby.
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>>722132112
Yeah losing weight when you're like 60 doesn't suddenly fix the issue of you being a fat fuck for your entire life before that. The damage to his organs is already done.
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>>722122126
pc gaming is already dead

>>722122351
he has a son? lel
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>>722132498
>signs you're in for kino of the highest order
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>>722132468
>>722132474
You lost
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>>722125015
lmao
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>>722132297
>There's literally no way Microsoft could compete with Valve with the head start they have.

Who said anything about competing? Valve is headed towards Microsoft in the future. I'm sure they pissed away truckloads of money on the failed Steam Deck. Microsoft might grab them sooner than later.
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>>722132726
>the biggest company pushing for Linux is headed towards Microsoft in the future
cope
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>>722132297
Anyone can make a website that hosts games. Literally anyone.
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He plans to live forever. Already has a couple off the books nuclear powered subs retrofitted as mobile cryogenic pod bunkers. At worst he'll just get frozen for a couple decades at the bottom of some uncharted ocean trench until his quantum powered Alyx waifu AI develops a method to revive him.
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>>722132468
who the fuck cares what dumb bitches think? lol they only vote to kill their children...
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>>722132820

Intel fags said there's now way Intel could get in trouble.....
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>>722132824
Yet nobody manages to even try to offer a fraction of what Steam does.
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>>722133113
Intel shills you mean
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>>722122126
I doubt much will change.
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>>722133129
Steam offers nothing that didn't already exist on PC
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>>722128110
Don't use Galaxy, just use the GOG installers
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>>722133395
>download individual files at slower speeds than the already slow Galaxy (picrel was shot on my connection, which maxes out close to 200MB/s)
>download 40 of them for large games
>still use a web browser to manage your own games
>install manually after
>install DLC and patches manually one by one afterwards
How about no?
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>>722129353
>I spent around 500$ in total building my PC and it out performs every console
Not possible right now.
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>>722122285
Only for normalfag genres



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