And it's not even a monopoly:>GOG>Epic Games store>Uplay>Origin>Battle.net>Rockstar Games store
and itch
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>>732215882You're specifically naming launchers that you can also buy things from. All 3rd party key sites should also be counted.>Greenmangaming>Fanatical>HumbleThose 3 are big ones in the space
>>732216146Not really, only epic jeets feel the need to yell and scream about their shit store. Your posting this also goes against it.
>>732216146me on the right on the '5zone
>>732216268This is the only way I'll even get close to using Steam. All game launchers are dogshit, games should be launched like any other program on your computer, directly through an executable or a shortcut period.
>>732216193key resellers ≠ game platforms Anon
>>732216473And this is why you will never be the "enlightened stoic" you try to represent yourself as.
>>732216786Keep on not owning anything you stupid nigger monkey
>>732216193no shit dudethe point is it's not a monopoly unlike what thousands of schizo threads in the last few months have been trying to get away with claiming
>>732215882The government braking up Bell Labs has set human back in ways you can't imagine. I'd say it's the modern fire of the Library of Alexandrian
>>732217737steam offers family sharing with up to 5 other accountsis your definition of ownership solely oriented around selling plastic?
>>732218692Ownership is when the thing you bought can no longer be taken back or altered by the entity that sold you the thing, you're thinking on underage level or something to not understand this simple concept?
>>732215882I only use steam because it's convenient, I have no reason to not use the competition when it's convenient, I prefer GOG to be honest.I'm not so retarded as to go out of my way to buy games on Steam if they're cheaper or free elsewhere. Brand loyalty is retarded and if you feel loyalty towards Valve you're no different from a consolefag.
>>732218813show an example of valve taking someone's game away?
>>732218992You mean like they removed valid cdkey activated games from people's accounts many times in the past? Or how they literally replaced CSGO with inferior version of the game? Do you still think that having a "game" on Steam means no one can fuck with it to your detriment? I must be talking to actual retard here because this tangent should've ended a while ago.
>>732219206>valid cdkey activated gamesyou mean stolen ones?>replaced CSGO with inferior version of the gamebut that's a free online gaas?
>>732219363>>replaced CSGO with inferior version of the game>but that's a free online gaas?
>>732219607>why are you playing an online game without expecting it to change over time?
>>732219726I hope you'll still like taking it up the ass once it happens to you ( it will ) good goyim
>>732220125reminder that you pivoted to talking about cs when confronted about your ownership virtue signallingthis is the best you had
>>732215882Nobody knows what a monopoly is anymore, they look at the current tech market and see everything is perfectly fine but get shocked when prices start to get gouged. But oh no, steam is the real monopoly, goys!
>>732217737 Yeah bro, true ownership is when I can run the .exe from a dusty drive 15 years later without begging a launcher or logging into some dead account. All these "launchers" are just glossy DRM wrappers-Steam included. CS.RIN or bust.
>>732216657>key resellers ≠ game platforms AnonThe point of the thread is to say that Steam is not a monopoly. I gave 3 important examples that OP did not include, because he seems to think that a launcher is the only thing that constitutes competition. The launcher doesn't matter in the slightest when taking consideration if something is a monopoly or not, as that's not what makes the money. It's the fact that there is a shop within the launcher.>>732218535>the point is it's not a monopoly unlike what thousands of schizo threads in the last few months have been trying to get away with claimingcorrect? I'm not sure what you're trying to say. I simply mentioned 3 shops that help prove the point far better than what OP mentioned
>>732216048get that itch looked at, could be crabs or scabies
>>732219206>"valid" cdkeyLol>CSGO>when the thing you bought can no longer be taken back or altered>f2p gameq>boughtLmao
>>732220643takes like 10 seconds to crack a steam game into offline onlyyou pay for convenience and integration and it's easy as shit to make backups
>>732216146DLsite wins
