https://www.gamesradar.com/games/steam-on-track-to-earn-a-record-usd20-billion-this-year-thanks-to-games-like-the-witcher-3-remastered-and-wardogs-analyst-says-after-a-massive-september/>According to data from Alinea Analytics, this year might see the platform Steam to cross the threshold of bringing in over $20 billion. (https://alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/steams-top-september-2026-games)>Combined with the rest of the quarter, that's $5.5 billion, bringing the grand total for 2026 thus far up to $16.5 billion – once again, up 13% from last year. >"Given the insane release slate for the rest of the year, it's safe to say Steam's yearly revenue will blow past $20 billion for the first time," Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis at Alinea, says in a blog post.>Even without going any deeper, there are a lot of major games coming out this winter. Gears of War: E-Day, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, and Hellraiser: Revival are among the heavy-hitters for October, while November brings Gravhounds and Edge of Memories.>Alinea found that Steam's September was dominated by three games: Wardogs; Onimusha: Way of the Sword; and The Blood of Dawnwalker. A good mix, since two are fresh properties, and only one is multiplayer focused. Wardogs brought in around $86.9 million dollars during the month, not bad given it only started in early access on September 10.
>>748991964and all from people paying money to rent their gameshow awesome
Gabe needs a third yacht.
based gabenbased steamthe only decent thing left in video gameshaha now seethe
If gape ran Facebook or Google he would have been the first trillionaire a decade ago. The only people he hires are his handpicked group of fellow autists, not the 50000 codemonkeys or middle managers every other company falls into.
>>748992889>lazy ass fatass>doing anything lmao he's still behind fucking xbox in revenue
>Steam is also closing in on a new annual record for the number of game releases. As of October 1, Steam has a total of 20,220 game releases in 2026. Another 1,156 titles are currently scheduled to launch in October itself, meaning that if those releases arrive as planned, it would put Steam ahead of the 21,268 games released in 2025.
>>748991964>make a good reliable service>dont fuck it up>dont fuck it up>winwow
>>748988334
https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1wta2y0/gabe_newells_mega_yacht/
>>748992973And 25 billion ahead in profit. Valve is worth more than Xbox, Playstation and Nintendo combined and it's not even close.
>>748993306Steamies are getting more deluded by the day
>>748991964>Alinea Analytics
>>748991964>According to data from Alinea Analytics>data is taken from steamdb,psntrophies and other sites like these and ran through AI>they have no access to any proper data nor APIs tracking shitlol
meanwhile nvidia just made over 90 BILLION dollars this past quarter and they are looking to increase revenue another 70% next yearthat's over a BILLION DOLLARS EVERY SINGLE DAYand it's STILL NOT ENOUGHwhen are its offices getting bombed and all the executives assassinated to give that money to people who can't pay their bills for their life saving medicine, shelter, and food?
I cant believe Steam is free.
>>748993196>good reliable service>still can't solve the conundrum of Tuesday maintenance window
>be timmy>have a meltdown every week>shit out shit takes every week>force his opinions and views down everyone's throats every week>give away free games every week>le think of the little people and monopoly!111!1 while still forcing exclusivity and forcing devs to only publish on epic (Alan Wake 2)>loseAll those free games are worthless since piracy has always been free. Thanks epic for making piracy morally correct!Meanwhile gaben>be gaben>have no internet presence>do nothing>doesn't force exclusivity and lets the devs and publishers do whatever the fuck they want. pull the plug from Steam? publish only on Steam? who gives a fuck, do whatever you want>winTimmy could learn a thing or two from Gaben by shutting the fuck up. Trust and respect are earned, not bought by giving away free games.
>>748993793If Steam wasnt created back in 2003, we would be paying monthly subscription just to access our always-online library of PC games. Literal nightmare dystopia averted.
yet, this FAT SUNOFABITCH still couldn't bring himself to take a modest loss and sell the Steam Machine below 4 figures.
>>748995694They'd be bought out immediately by businesses unless they limited it to accounts with 250+ games and are over a decade old.
>>748996029That's retarded, given the wide availability of cheaper Chinese mini PCs that come with full activation of Windows 11.
>>748991964>Valve has more money than God>they barely make gamesFor what purpose? If I was a fucking video game developer with that amount of profit I'd be burning cash to make my dream games. Yet Valve hasn't put out a real single-player game in 15 years and takes their sweet ass time with their multiplayer titles. Are they worried a misfire would devalue the brand and hurt Steam? Or maybe their management structure leads to a lot of dead end projects?
>>748996250Chinkware PCs are a complete cointoss if they last beyond two years without hardware issues. With Valve you get an actual warranty and replacement parts that you can buy.
>>748995371This, also Steam is the entire reason linux gaming is possible today. Meanwhile, Timmy has made gaming even worse with his shitty UE5. Timmy has done more harm than good to the industry, and UE5 and its consequences have been a disaster for the gaming industry.
>>748991964I love when Timmy and EGS shills try to paint Epic as some scrappy little company trying to fight against a multibillion dollar company... when in reality Epic is also a multibillion dollar company that could compete, but doesn't due purely to incompetence.Then you have GOG, an actual scrappy little company trying to play with DRM-free games.
>>748993592That's the thing anon: it's never enough.When you get so much wealth that you're able to fulfill all your basic needs, everything you could have ever wanted, and guarantee your family is prosperous for generations, money ceases to have practical value. It becomes a numbers game, a contest of greed, with no positive value for real people.That's the biggest reason why high taxes on the rich are so important, you have to curtail that kind of degenerate behavior. Make wealth a means towards security and luxury, not power and control.
>>748991964With all that money and the power of AI, Valve have zero excuse not to give us Half-Life 3 now!
What would Valve look like if they went public? What would the investors want Valve to do?
>>748997356It would be ruined within 1 year by kikes
>>748997356Anything related to maximizing profits. So probably selling premium memberships, limiting sales to being a subscribed member, etc.
>>748992079You vill own nofing, and you vill be happy
>>748997476>Anything related to maximizing profitsSo like modern valve
>>748993306a store worth more than companies that produce things. grim
>>748997552You lack an imagination if you don't believe it could get way worse than what it's currently like now. Imagine the shitstorm if they really rolled out premium memberships and limited seasonal steam sales to paying members. That's just scratching the surface of how bad it could get.
>>748997607They've tried and failed to supplant Valve/Steam. Dozens, if not hundreds of times. Gabe is still standing.Maybe they should manage their companies better?
>>748991964>thanks to a game everyone got for free???????????????
>>748997356we'd all be paying online subscriptions
>>748993592>eat the rich in their decadence! No-one should have that much money!Sure, we could do with monopoly breaking>to give handoutsUm, isn't that medicine and shelter another overpriced commodity problem?In what country can't you afford food?
>>748997772Valve banned paid in-game ads in contrast to Microsoft's recent patent for ads in games shows you what would happen if a public company had control of Steam. We're lucky Microsoft fucked up Games for Windows - Live
>>748997356Not all games on sale are available to everyone. You must be a premium user to access all sales
>>748992079Snoys and tendies and xfags larping like they own their games too as if their physical discs dont become paperweights the moment theres a day 1 download
>>748993306Imagine being this delusional.
small price to pay for avoiding shareholders fucking up something good
>>748991964how is witcher 3 making any money?
>>748992079Your physical disc is literally just the game content + a license to use it. You do not own the game, the vendor can lock your always-online unit for whatever reason they want and you can't do a fucking thing about it.Physicalfags are legitimately double digit IQ.
>>748997356They would get POZ'd and kike'd out hardcore
>>748995694He mogs you.
>>748997607They're a private company with less than 400 employees making billions. The other three can't say the same, and that's while selling hardware at a loss.
>tendies gloat about how nintendo makes so much money>but now it's wrong and evil when steam does itBloody hypocrites.
>>749001802that money belongs to my nintendad ;_;
>>748991964Amazing how well rent seeking works. I guess that's why we built an entire political-economy around it.
>>748997772>BRO IMAGINE IF THEY WERE WORSE SO CURRENT STATE GOOD!!So sony and Nintendo good cause imagine if worse
>>749001375>while selling hardware at a lossValve does that as well.
>According to data from Alinea Analytics
>>748991964I have analyst fatigue.
>>748999052>In what country can't you afford food?Argentina probably
>>748999891You're assuming that anon plays modern games and is a consolefag. Not very high IQ of you.
>>748992079I don't get why you niggers get so worked up over this shit. Download a crack and you can play your beloved vidya until the day you die.
>another tranny thread full of people lying to convince themselves that everything sucks always What pathetic, pointless lives.
>>749003480pretty much everyone does except gookvidia
>>748991964>despite of all of that money Steam can't make new games for their old ip's, no quality control on Steam they let every trash on in , things like Steam Greenlight were shut down, you can't let "your" games to someone else when you die, Steam sales are trash on fire etc>Steam still got sucked 24/7 by their dronesMaybe Epstein was right about people
Not videogames. None of you ever post again.If you have ever used steam you aren't welcome on v.
I'm actually gonna be sad/scared whenever Gabe passes away /v/ros...
>>748992079FPBP, renter fags BTFO'd.
if it wasn't for Steam i would need to pirate Unreal 1
>>749008870STOP USING REASON YOU STEAMCHUD
>>749009872What part of the Steam EULA obliges Valve to keep making sequels to any games, you stupid fuck?Don't buy games on their store and shut up.
>>748991964Fuck Valve and their gay ass monopoly.
>>748991964Why do you care how much Gaben makes?>According to data from Alinea Analyticslollmao
I see that shatsnoys are seething again.
>>748991964But the witcher 3 remaster was a free upgrade for existing owners. Are there really so many people out there who didn't already have the game who for some reason will now buy it after a price hike?
>>748997356Probably force them to adopt the Playstation PS+ model of making you pay a subscription to be able to see the 'actual' sales.
nice
>>749019028well it did just beat its all time peak
>>748997356Instantly unusable and service fees. I'd have to completely migrate over to other services like GoG. Which is fine, I can tolerate GoG. But I like steam the way it is currently.
>>748993196They fucked up when they made people sign illegal NDA and sent lawyers to protect their lootbox interests.
money is how the community steers work.
>>748992079Cope, consolecuck
>>749006435Only braindead consoleplebs seethe at steam. Timmies are paid shills and don't count. Anyone on pc knows it's a non-issue because of the nature of pc.
>>749022532All time peak what, players? Of course it did, tens of millions of people just got a free upgrade and many of them are curious about what's changed. That has absolutely nothing to do with revenue.
>>748997356All the things steam offers for free would become a paid subscription. Then there'd be ads and spyware and steam would capitulate to whatever major publishers wanted instead of backhanding them.
>>748993196I hate this newfag revisionism where we pretend steam got to where it is by "just making a good service everyone loved! ^-^" and not by forcing itself down everyone's throat
>>748993592i'm not paid to make threads against nvidia, so...
>>748997356everything the other anons said and then someall mysterious chains of events which make their stock go down and then conveniently microsoft will offer to buy them out and stabilise
>>748992079It's all licenses no matter where or how you buy, dingus. Always has been.Only pirates can shit on steam like that and why the fuck would they? They're pirates and they have steam to thank for pc getting basically every game known to man onto pc. Which only leaves console fanboys too stupid and deluded to know what it is they're buying just because they can hold some plastic to obfuscate the fact they own nothing, not even the console itself anymore.
>>749023131You lost, Timmy
Gaming is over once the fat fuck kicks the bucket and valve goes public
Just got back from Gayrupe and I see the Autumn Sale started. Anything good you guys seen? Haven't had a chance to look yet, still busy doing endless laundry.
>>748991964NOT a monopoly btw.
>>749023131i hate this faux oldfag cope where you pretend that you were there and still refuse to accept that your supposed gripes weren't relevant for almost 20 years
>>749023131>weget lost tourist
>>749025221correctthey're not selling locked down devices that can only use their services so they're not a monopoly
>>749025221Correct, it's quite literally not.
>>748992079>rentBut we're not console niggers. PC chads pay for a game once then are free to keep using it all they want all through different gens of hardware, console cucks need to beg for a chance to pay again if they want to play a past gen game on new hardware lol
>>748991964>thanks to [free game] and [FOTM that will be forgotten until they randomly get a dorito pope award for the most trans friendly community or some other shit]Why are analysts such retarded troglodytes
I've heard it alleged Valve will take your game off Steam if you sell it for cheaper on other stores besides Steam. This is also what Amazon does. Does this constitute as monopoly? Who knows. I don't think it's illegal anyway
MAKE A GOOD SERVICEWINALL IT TAKES FOLKSTHAT'S ALL IT TAKES AND CORPOS STILL CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT
Do leftists not understand what words like "monopoly" and "free" mean because they're retarded, because they're immoral liars, or both?
>>748997356Valve currently does this thing where companies are forced to give their users perpetual access to the media they purchase. It's why you can still download and play delisted games.That would be one of the things they get rid of to make other companies happy or be used as leverage.
>Piracy is a service issueWas he correct? I believe so and it's odd how nobody else seems to want to admit this in the industry.
>>749025726i've exponentially increased pirating tv & film in the past <5 years or so, it absolutely is a service problem. it's a much lesser problem in gaming
>>749025726In first world countries? Yes, he's correct. I got better shit to do than fuck with piracy when I can just grab something for $10 on sale.For third worlders it's more out of necessity but they were never going to be able to afford those games anyway so it doesn't matter.
>>748991964Why should a distribution platform profit that much? Especially one that holds games hostage essentially relegating consumers to eternal renters? This is vile.
>>749025794This. Streaming has become such a dogshit clusterfuck it's legit easier to just torrent. For vidya though that's thankfully not the case.
>>749025726People who have money to pay for things and live comfortably will always buy shit as long as it's easy, a pleasant experience and not an egregious ripoff.One thing I will fault them for is that they very obviously have a bias against anime. Whatever tranny is in charge of approving games always gives anime game publishers a hell of a battle to get listed.
>>749025824>made microtransactions mainstreamNo, those were eastern MMO's and EA.>directly killed physical market on PCPFFFFT LOL. Corpos wanted physical dead and PC Chads stopped caring when they could just download games from the internet.>muh DRMYou have no idea how bad physical "copy protection" could be. Steam is super easy to crack.>openly says they sell you licensesApparently underlining what should've been obvious forever is bad.>refuses to do what even muttsoft does with age verification so even 20 years old accounts need to send them IDsWhat the fuck are you babbling about now? Lost touch with reality there?
>>749025824>obsessed with jews>has schizophrenialike clockwork
>>749026206>Apparently underlining what should've been obvious forever is bad.To add to this; at least Valve was always honest. Snoy has straight up lied to their customers for decades telling them they "buy games" and "own games" in their marketing and advertising when it's straight up bullshit.
>>748993196It's admirable every single that one time it happened
>>749026206A lot of games all you have to do is run steamless/goldberg to "crack" a game with no DRM. Steam really doesn't really give a shit about locking their games down to their store.
>any anti valve post gets instantly spam reportedWhat the actual fuck lmao.
>>749026351>at least Valve was always honest.https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/11/24267864/steam-buy-purchase-license-digital-storefront20 years of claims that you own your games in TOS magically dissapeared? Truly always honest.
>>748996469The heads probably don't even like video games anymore.
>>749026634Yeah, people do indeed still own the games they bought on Steam 2 decades ago. While 2 decades for a console nigger is enough to buy the same game like 6 times.
>>748991964Consoles out here dying and steam is just rubbing their hairy butthole all over the corpses :(
>>749026689So do they own games or LICENSES? Which one is it? Plus people still own games they bought on Xbox Live or PSN 20 years ago too even if it was delisted just like on Steam. You mean remasters that release on all platforms but console fags can buy physical copy? Actual negative self awareness at display.
>>749026523There are thousands of games on steam with no DRM whatsoever, goldberg is just for the ones using steamworks. Any game on GOG can be purchased and played offline in perpetuity as they either have no DRM or only have steamworks
>>749026634I'm still baffled how zoomers supposedly just recently discovered that a digital store sells licenses for digital products. Is it really that easy to get clicks on your shitty gaming "journalist" site with unlimited brown hordes on the internet?
>>749026875Yes, they do indeed own digital game licences that they've been able to play for decades on multiple gens of hardware without Gaben ever bothering them. Meanwhile console cucks have to beg for backwards compability or the chance to pay for the same game again every few years.
>>749026878This isnt thousands. Why are you lying?https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_games_on_Steam
>>749026980He claimed that Valve was always honest about selling licenses not games unlike snoy. They were not honest and changed TOS 20 years after Steams launch.
>>749026875I don't give a rats ass what the legalese bullshit paper says. I have full access to the files of the game, can change and delete and copy whatever i want>oh but what about the world's loosest drmyou can play pirated games online THROUGH steam and there is 0 repercussion
>>749008950Misery loves company
>>749027150>you can play pirated games online THROUGH steam and there is 0 repercussionNo you cant. OnlineFix only works on specific P2P titles using SpaceWar APP ID as a spoofer. Amount of games that do so is small as everyone moved to internal or third person master servers decade+ ago. This is also why no one gives a fuck about onlinefixes. Valve also started cracking down on third party APIs and SmokeAPI already can get your account banned. They will move towards bans of other third party APIs be it DLC unlocker or P2P relay ones.
>>749027142>and changed TOS 20 years after Steams launch.No they didn't, they just put the license bit front and center, unlike everyone else who buries it in their eula.
>>748991964And valve does fucking nothing with the money how is it possible they're lazier than me? If I had billions I would bet it all on making 1 super universe with detailed lore etc
>>749025726Nah. Piracy is better than renting games
>>749023131The only "revisionism" is that Steam really grew from being the launcher for Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life. But anyone who used Steam back in the day knows its a massive improvement from what it once was. So yeah, it grew by getting better and now getting fucking greedy (something the console makers still don't fucking get).
>>749028107>If I had billions I would bet it all on making 1 super universe with detailed lore etcYou will never have billions
>>749028182I have a lot of money, and am an idort, and I'm so sick of snoy and M$' judaism I straight up have stopped giving them money completely. I used to have both ps+ and goypass and I've unsubbed from both (and crunchyroll) and refuse to buy anything on either platform unless it's a physical copy used. Both are disgraceful companies unworthy of existence in their present form.
Why did they use a picture of the Witcher 3 for this article?
>>749028374>(((algorithm)))Welcome to current year internet. Everything is fake and gay.
>>749028374the most inoffensive blockbuster game imaginable
>>749028107Valve saved PC and is making everything compatible with everything. They do way more than everyone else aside from just making games. They should do more of that, but they also only have like 350 employees despite how massive they are.
>>749028107They hoard the industry's best to use them for the future. They're not cheap.
>>748997356You must pay for wishlist slot
>>748991964>Alinea Analytics>>748993439>data is taken from steamdb,psntrophies and other sites like these and ran through AIso it is just fanfic numbers
>>74899196410 more Mega-Yats to Gabe
>>749030691At least gabe commissioned a state-of-the-art deep sea exploration vessel that will share all of its potential findings with the world since gabe is apparently obsessed with sea exploration, what the fuck is jeff bezos doing with his money
If gabe wants more money he should add built in proton layer into mobile steam app and allow you to run any steam game on any phone.
>>749031016They're literally doing that with FEX.
>>748991964>early access game leads chartsWhyI don't fucking get the fags who pay for the privilege of playtesting shit
>>749023131wow Valve was such powerful company that they forced literally every game publisher and developer to stop selling games on discs on PC and move everything to their store? is Gabe like some kind of high level jew or something? scary
>>748992079Console users can't play their "owned" games without internet access either.
>>749031425Never mind internet access, first they have to separately pay for the privilege to be able to play their games online
>>749031369I'm know for a fact that Gabe sneaks into Tim Epics bedroom every night to whisper in his ears while he sleeps>A store doesn't have to be good>The most important thing is stuff costumers don't want>Shopping carts are overrated>Zoomernite will print infinite money forever, don't worry about it
>>749025386>Internet goes out>Can't play any steam games at all, even single player gamesSure you own your games dude, sure.
>>749031589Does EGS even have a wishlist funtion?
>>749031618that's not even true, is this how consolecuckolds cope with their sad reality
>>748992079If you cant mod your games you dont own them bitch
>>749031618You don't need internet to play or launch games on steam, retard. Outside of the obvious live service shit.
>>749031618https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0E18-319B-E34B-B2C8
Why did Steam actually stop selling movies? I bought one back then, and I can still watch it without any problems to this day. It would have been a nice alternative to all that streaming shit.
>>749033086copyright jewry got more aggressive and they want you funnelled into streaming services
>>749033086Most producers and executives in hollywood are from a specific tribe.
>>749033086Imagine being able to buy a movie and watch it whenever you want.
>>748991964>still smaller than any of the big companies like epic or riot>get the most shit out of any gaming companyvalve being a private company really does piss (((journalists))) off something fierce
>>749031589kek
>>748994552usa problem, rip bozo
>>748997356Ads in the store, ads in games are now allowed, store placement now fully depends on how much the developer pays instead of popularity or user compatability
>>749033086>>749033360Why is a video game store selling fucking movies? What's next, they're going to sell you cars or home furniture?
>>748997356user reviews aren't allowed anymore, only approved game journalists are allowed to review games
>>748997356Account bans removing access to thousands of dollars of games for saying the n word
>>749033626I would buy a Steam chair.
>>748997356>more ads everywhere>removal of the Steam Forums>removal of the current game review system>changing or complete removal of the Workshop>heavily nerfing and removing features from your profile customization menu to be more "family friendly"
>>749002095Valve isn’t really rent seeking, they’re just playing the ultimate middleman, and maintaining the levers that allow them to be the best middleman.
>>749033856>>changing or complete removal of the Workshopthey would probably start charging for it
>>749033856They would change the point shop. 50$ for 5000 points. Also buying games would give you no points.
>>749025506Loss leading should be illegal in all forms because the only people that can afford to do it are mega wealthy and have proven the only reason they do it is to jack up prices once they’ve secured a regional monopoly by driving everyone else out of business.
>>749027489No one got banned for using Smoke
>>749006435Okay? And his physical copy is essentially a renting license that lasts only as long as the physical media does, at which point he needs to buy another "physical license" for it.Your argument is retarded and collapses in on itself.
>>749010034Kill yourself stupid nigger faggot.
>>748992079I honestly feel for snoys at the moment. PC gamers had to go through this shit in the mid-2000's when physical went away, and you'd get steam code in boxed copies from retail stores instead of discs.Playstation doesn't get the benefit of aggressive viral marketing/shiliing that Steam got in those early days to counteract all the Steam hate at the time.
>>749035012tendies are funny, thinking they're any better than snoys when they're all console slavesreminder that this is your ownership btw
>>749035270Not a tendie. Just someone annoyed how successful the "digital only" forceful transition of PC gaming was.
>>749035270what that anon said is broadly true, it doesn't make him a tendie. what's actually funny is you being such a bitch-ass snoy you instantly start seeing marios when someone says something negative about your corporation of choice
>>749035392pretending like it matters on pc where the only negative ramification is no reselling is peak midwit>>749035931giving value to DRM infested garbage just because you can hold it does make you a tendie in this situation
>>749036094>giving value to DRM infested garbage just because you can hold it does make you a tendie in this situation???genuine schizophrenic
>>749036094jesus you're retarded
>>749036094Actually owning the means of installing the game instead of requiring an online connection and not depending on an active account is a big deal.
>>749036246>>749036181cope>>749036310that's the thing, all you have on consoles is licenses that are actually enforced by their drm
>>749031618It's no wonder consoleplebs hurt themselves so badly if this is the kind of bullshit you believe.
>>749033086Copyright kikery, probably. Not sure why it's so different from games, but it is.
>>749033626>Why is a video game store selling fucking movies?Why not? I'd buy high quality version of robocop for a dollar, not that sub-720p shit streaming sites try to scam you with
>>749036487Anon, you can still play those games even if the console is offline. Don't be retarded.There's a big difference in having physical media and not. PC lost this two decades ago, and it sucked. We adjusted but it was a bad forced change.
>>749035392I'm not. Physical fucking sucked on PC and I don't believe anyone who claimed it was better was actually around baci then. There's a reason consoles were so much bigger for gaming while PC is bigger now after ironing out all the bullshit. Physical has always been a cope anyway. It's all licenses and every physical game I have is basically just junk cluttering my house at this point.
>>749035931Yeah, nah, I don't believe you.
>>749037353that's a retarded thing to judge things by you can do so on steam as well and cracking steam drm takes 30 secondsit legitimately means nothing because we no longer live in 2005 and everyone has internet access
>>749036310I could maybe buy this argument if you weren't making it on the internet. Physical had its time and it's done. Damn near every game gets additional content, updates and patches these days, often day 1, not to mention drivers and system updates. Digital only sucks on console where it's a prison with zero control or freedom. It's pure convenience on pc and anyone with a shred of intelligence can decouple it from any drm it might have.
Lack of physical discs on PC is just a complete non-issue. You would save the disc's content on some drive somewhere anyway in order to preserve it because discs don't last forever and take up physical space. Now you can just skip saving the disc's content and just backup the game files you downloaded instead. Drop a program called goldberg emulator (free legit software hosted by microsoft on github) in there and you can play all your singleplayer games forever. Unless it's some unholy drm shit you actually need to crack in order to play, there's piracy for thatOn console, there's nothing. There's just you and your DRM box that can at any time decide to fuck you and then you're out of luck. I would never consent to buying digital console games
>>749037831The problem with this argument from the physicalfag's point of view is basically just collector autism. They want to see plastic on their shelf and they're terrified of change so they'll start conflating arguments like the downsides on console can apply to PC when they don't.
>>749037558There are parts of the US with absolute shit internet access. You should look into how shitty the telecoms are in the States. Government gave them shit ton of money to improve their infrastructure decades ago. They pocketed the money. Never got and pushback for it either.
>>748991964This fat fuck ruined the market with digital goods (hats) but, hey, it is Gabe!
Valve has really cult-ified modern PC gamers, jesus christ.>And that's a good thing!
>>749038117If you still have dialup just pay a guy to make a copy and send it to you lol, there's your physical, pc can do that
>consoletards and timmies seething in irrelevancedelicious
>>749038029You could 3D-print cases, slap cover art of the game in question on it, and either put a burnt disc or a usb drive inside it containing the game. That's something a collector could definitely do to show off others and look at himself. It would even be a functional game if you gave it to someone
>>749038187let me guess, having indestructible copies and the best gaming service while losing nothing is a bad thing because... le yachts? maybe le 30% if you're feeling brave?
>>749038483Yes, but it's not official, corpo owned and controlled merch and they can't have that level of control, it scares them.
>>748993592>nvidia paid out ~6billion in dividends 3 days ago>most dividends are owned by pension funds>nvidia literally gave 6billion to the general public for free>REEEE FUCKING PIGS, KILL THEM ALLWhy are commie retards like this?
>>749038562>post complaining about becoming cultists>cultist replytop kek
>>749038681so you have no rebuttal whatsoever because i preemptively dismissed it?
>>748991964where does all the money go?is it all being spent on servers or is 90% of it being stuffed into a vault so gaben can larp as scrooge mcduck
>>749038719>oh (pushes up glasses) you have no reButTaL to my cultist reply?kek
>>749038187>Valve has really cult-ified modern PC gamers, jesus christ.>>And that's a good thing!You really weren't kidding
>>749038952>you're a cultist because... you want to argue with me instead of validating my plastic fetish!!
>>748993196>make a good reliable serviceI bought the orange box on CD, anon. Why did I have to install an Internet program to operate half life 2 and portal off of a CD?
>>749038719Yep. And he will now continue to shit himself while pretending he isn't seething his ass off over valve raping and gaping the corpotion whose cock he's sucking. The only ones who can see a thread like this and come in screeching are fanbabies.
>>749039061>validate my nonsense cult reply!kek
>>749039160because fuck your plastic lamoget off the internet if you hate it so much
>>749039160>why do i have to use a valve launcher to play my valve gamei dunno, why do you?
>>749039297I don't hate the Internet though anon, the Internet is where I get all online games for free
>>749039276see, you call someone a cultist while repeating your mantra that you can't substitute with actual reason and though
>>749039317The .exe file is a Microsoft invention, not a Valve invention, anon.
>>749039394>i'm not getting any validation for my nonsensical cult reply, no!kek
>>749039335That's a respectable response. Pirates are the only ones with a leg to stand on here. But pirates have no reason to try and shit on valve as steam is the one responsible for bringing shitloads of games to pc that would others be locked down on drm infested hardware, have to be emulated, or wouldn't have had the incentive to be made at all.
>>749039016Yeah. Valve did an amazing job shilling/viral marketing on /v/ and other spaces decades ago. It's self-fulfilling nowadays.Look at the one anon in this thread in the recent posts.
>itt anons try to convince other anons that a service they've used for 10+ years and had no issues with has actually been the gaming anti-christ and they should stop using it (while the anon making these claims is even more raped by shitty services than them)
>>749039509that's right, keep looping you goyslaveyou know damn well there's nothing in that cracked skull of yours
They deserve it.
>>749039606>they've used for 10+ yearsi can guarantee you those crocodile tear niggers are consolehomos
>>749039638Yeah no durr. Its just sour grapes + cope>be raped consolefag>see someone not as raped as you>mind cant handle this>cope spiral and seethe while trying to convince the unraped that they are as raped as youbonus points if the consolenigger larps as a PCfag or Idort and says he only pirates.
>>749039586>steam is the one responsible for bringing shitloads of games to pc that would others be locked down on drm infested hardwareDenuvo would still exist even if Steam didn't
>>749039606The irony of it all coming from consolefags is palpable. It's enjoyable seeing them forced to grapple with the obvious direction the winds are blowing as the narratives they desperately try to peddle everywhere keep crumbling.
>>749039606>service they've used for 10+ yearsSteam and Walmart and Best buy all suck, anon. Multiple entities can all be bad
>>749039749PC had some of the worst drm inown to man before steam came around, so yeah denuvo would exist and it would be worse without valve's clout and giving players a loud voice to condemn it on a massive platform.
>>749039834why does steam suck
>>749039963Why, for instance, does one need to log in to a store service to operate, Skyrim, for instance. Skyrim being an entity that contains no online multi player component?
>>749039834Weird choice of comparison over scumbags like sony, nintendo, microsoft, or epic. Almost like you're trying to avoid making obvious the real reason you're in here.
>>749040046you can play skyrim without being online
>>749040046Good question. Kinda pointless though since you dont have to do that on steamYou can actually mod it to never go online without your permission.
>>749039620>i can't get anyone to take my nonsensical cult reply seriously!kek
>>749040089Then why does the Skyrim installation folder contain the steamapi.dll file?
>>749040196because you get some online features like achievements and the workshop if you so choose
>>749040046Why do you feel the need to just make something up? I started skyrim constantly offline. And if a game wants steam running or an internet connection, that is on the game, valve doesn't mandate any of that. You can download a game like stardew and have it run without ever launching steam despite its multiplayer using valve's free online services.
>>749040196>steamapi.dllYou do know that file doesnt stop you from playing offline, right?
>>749040151I am already aware of that, zoomoid. I should not have to install steam to operate the program from the data disc purchased because steam is a disconnected third party entity. Steam is for counter strike, or team fortress. Not for skyrim or just cause.
>>749040237>stealth archery 10 chickens for 10 gamer score!Who the fuck gives a fuck about 'achievements'
>>749040196That file is what tracks playtime, achievements, cards, etc. it doesn't stop you from playing offline.
>>749040370i don't, but like a lot of things on pc, it's a choice for those who dosee how you've just been completely wrong on every point and still continue crying over something you made up in your own headwhy do you do this
>>749040323>I should not have to install steam to operate the program from the data disc purchased because steam is a disconnected third party entity.Good news! You dont have to open Steam to play your installed games either. Set up shortcuts to the installed folder directly and you're good to go. Jesus christ consolecuck, do some basic ass research.
>>749040293Then why is it there?
>>749040451Who cares. Why are you moving goalposts? It has nothing to do with online/offline play.
>>749040449>launching steam dll attached exe opens steam unless program is piracy cracked Why do you have to lie about what everyone already knows? Gabe isn't going to give you a boat ride, simp.
>>749040370Tons of people, tendie. It's an optional thing people like or can ignore if they want. Nintendo fanboys would like them too if Nintendo wasn't too lazy to properly implement them instead of this pseudo garbage they slap into a few games these days.
>>749039924Valve is shit
>>748991964Not my fucking problem.
>>749040537>Who caresPC gamers are bigger consolebabbys than consolebabbys are, and they show it every time.
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>>749040591Valve is taking a shit on (You) and the corporation you're crying on the behalf of.
>>749040564>The best thing isn't beating the game, it's telling everyone online that I did!You're literally the xbox kiddy, kiddy.
>>749040556And if you've set steam to never go online. Another thing everyone knows except you, apparently. Again, do some basic ass research
>>749040609>t. shitting himself because his gotcha got btfoAgain, it's not stopping you from running your game offline forever. Now put those goalposts down and stop crying
Niggas be liek: "I hate all the upsides of this service that I bought a game through so its shit" and then act all confused when anons aren't as upset as them because they do like those feature. Actual low function autist levels of inability to comprehend other points of view.>inb4 but if you like anything steam brings to the table you are zoomer/tranny/[buzzword]
>>749040742>it's not stopping you from running your game offline foreverThen there is no reason for steam to even be attached a non team fortress or counter strike file folder.
>>749040564Nintendo doesn't have cheevos? That's news to me, I thought kids loved them
>>749040805>you are zoomer/tranny/[buzzword]Except you are though.
>>749040847i'm confused what exactly are you even crying about at this point, just doing it for the love of the game?
>>749040847So you've completely given up on the offline play point, huh?
>>749040847When you buy a steam version of a game you also get access to all those features that the dev enabled via steam. Achievements, easy friend invite, community discussion forum, community guides, workshops, etc. That file is there to facilitate those features with the game. If you don't like it you can literally replace that .dll with one off github and never have to open steam again.
>>748991964And not a single cent of that put back into making actual videogames. or even just funding videogames.truly the #1 cancerous leech on videogames both as a artform and an industry.
>>749040923There is no need for steam to be present in an offline game, child.
>>749040962>community discussion forum, community guidesWhy are you a snivelling faggot who needs to be babysat by others?
>>749040975>There is no need for steam to be present in an offline game, child.
>>749040656My profile is private and I don't care about cheevos, I'm just not autistic so I can understand that others do like them for the challenge or completionism and it's the reason they're so prevalent.
>>749040975>Why, for instance, does one need to log in to a store service to operate, Skyrim, for instance. >you dont>th-then there's no reason for this file to be there!!!So yeah, btfo and no arguments left.
>>749041028I use the community forums to give feedback to indie devs.I use community guides because I write them for other players.
>>749041080>moddb, modbanana, nexusok
>>749041146>You're actually a faggot OK
>>749040805I just assume most of them are console warriors who don't even play games on PC and are just yelling at the other team in their retarded version of team sports.They just want to complain.
>>749040870Nintendo doesn't have a lot of things and they charge for a lot of things valve offers for free.Friendly reminder that nintendo always takes 30% and still does not do real refunds at all and gets by on a technicality. Valve can go down to a 20% cut and offers real, lenient refunds and yet people shit on valve constantly for those two things and you never hear a peep about it for anyone else. Strange how that works. Almost like people are desperate to use anything against valve and hold them to way higher standards while other corporations are so evil such complaints are buried in the mountain of scummy shit they pull.
>>749041028You're right, they should just wear a straight jacket and a muzzle, like you. Being able to criticize, give feedback and speak your mind is dangerous to corporate interests so obviously the superior platforms would never allow it.
>>748991964>analyst saysand all the analysts thought the 2020 Covid lockdown money spike would continue trending upwards indefinitely even as late as 2023. They're a pack of retards who exist to be professional fluffers for the share prices of public companies who believe their own kool-aid
>>749040805You wanna know the really sad thing? This is not the first time he's done this. And it wont be the last either.Consolefags have this masochistic addiction to picking fights on the internet they know they cant win. I'll never understand why, and thank fuck for that
>>749041784*banned by community manager* *muted for bigotry*
>>748992124anon... Gabe owns an entire yacht company. He already owns over 10 yacht and can make as many as he wants.
>>748991964>top 1% earners on steam make up for 90% of the platforms total revenuealmost like it's a hit-driven economy. shocker.
>>748992079Like always, you are not just wrong, you are stupid.
>>748991964Based. Gaben deserves to expand his yatch flotilla.
>>748992079HEYEVERY RETARD READING THIS RIGHT NOWOFFLINE MODEBROWSE LOCAL FILESCOPYPASTEGET A FUCKING GRIP AND STOP MAKING FALSE ARGUMENTS THAT DON'T ACTUALLY PROVE THESE RETARDS WRONGYOU FUCKING MORONS
>>749041876The modern console warrior is a sad thing.They still act like it's 2006 when that era is long gone.
>>749038790over 70% of it goes to devs/publishers
>>748996469Gabe Newell spends money on yachts, not games.
>>749025726i pirated games when I had no money, i have money now but too lazy to play games
>>749033856>heavily nerfing and removing features from your profile customization menu to be more "family friendly"Go ahead and (You) me, but I don't think Valve or GoG should sell porn games. Itch.io should be the porn game storefront and steam and Gog should sell mainstream content.
>>749028164just use GOG, also your games wont come with you when you die
>>748991964>>748993306valve has a speculated valuation of anywhere from $7bn to $16bn, with its storefront generating $16bn this yearepic has a valuation of $22bn, with its storefront generating $6bn as of 2025epic has a higher valuation because they provide a number of core services and technologies to the games industry including unreal engine and fab and help fund developer projects. whereas valve is primarily just a storefront.how much revenue a company generates matters little if all that money is going to luxury yachts and mansions instead of pooling back into the industry.
>>749043493meant to say valve's storefront generated $16bn last year
>>749043069I think Steam and GoG should sell every video game under the sun.
>>748996652Finally an accurate version of that image
>>748992079>download game>can now play it forever, even offlineI don't get it
>>749043493Valve could, and should, push the source engine to third partiesAnd Epic online services is literally just AWS.
>>749043580careful, you aren't allowed to praise GoG anymore. Steamies are getting offended that it's being praised as DRM free and makes Valve look bad.
>>749043580Hedonism isn't healthy, anon.
>>749043674I want everyone to have options. I don't play souls crap or fantasy games but all the assholes who do should have them in the same place they have their gun and ball games too.Oh and I also want people to keep buying 10 year old Call of Duty's still sold at full price, full of hackers, viruses and malware.
>>749043493>with its storefront generating $6bn as of 2025and if you take away fortnite?
>>749043795>also want people to keep buying 10 year old Call of Duty'sI want people to torrent those, not buy them.
>>749043795>I want everyone to have options.Steam and gog for vidya and itch.io for smut literally is options, anon.
>>749043887Maybe if more and more people buy them and get their PCs and consoles bricked Activision would actually do something about it. Or put all of them at 80% discount forever.What we really need is people cracking the code on day 1 and brick people's fancy consoles during the first week a new CoD is released. Mass system casualty event.
>>749043841I just checked.The total user spending for all the years combined is $2,136,000,000Since they only take 12% it comes out to $256,320,000 from third parties
>>749043493Valve's valuation is lower because they're not directly under (((they)))'re influence.
>>749043841that's irrelevant to the point i was making; despite epic's lower revenue, its valuation is higher because of how epic reinvests into the industry.
>>749044358the valuation is higher because epic is tied to the chinks
>>749043493>if all that money is going to luxury yachts and mansions instead of pooling back into the industry.But Valve isn't the one buying that, Gabe is.When Tim buys land in North Carolina do you consider that Epic buying the land too?
>>749044559>gabe buys a deep sea research vessel to uncover horrors beyond comprehension>tim buys a forest because climate change or some shitgod tim is such a virgin
>>749044513Most steamies are chinks, without china steam would lose billions
>>749044936>most>less than 30%go back to school
>>749045128>but you got to count the millions of third worlders!!!!Only real buyers matter
>>749045569>games made by east asians are bought by asiansdo you want a nobel prize for this discovery?
>>749045990>claim china isn't majority >shown they are the majority >durrr you want nobel prize????
>>749046716>shown they are the majorityon a single gacha derivative game?is that supposed to be an epic own?
>>749047115Retard that thinks you need 50% to be the majority, genuine retard
>>749048708correct, you need the majority to be the majorityi really want to see the result of your iq test now lmao
>>749045569Everyone else would kill for the massive chinese market, but steam got their first lol
