• rengoku@social.venith.net
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    9 months ago

    Steam has never tried to battle piracy head on, yet it succeeds. Please take note, Netflix, it is your card to lose.

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      9 months ago

      This will only remain as long as Valve’s original leadership (and Lord Gaben) stays in place. Once the MBAs start taking over it will go to shit fast.

      Ironic that I’m saying this, since I am an MBA myself.

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      9 months ago

      To be fair, only a handful of publishers were able to take their cards and go elsewhere. The media companies were a lot more on top of dragging their products off of Netflix.

      Nobody would be on steam just for Valve games, after all, and indie has a much lower barrier of entry.

      While they could certainly distribute their current products better, a lot of the issues they have now (see: belated frogs comment) aren’t things they really had control over.

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      9 months ago

      Netflix is full of reptiles who don’t care to offer a better service. All they want is enough market share to strongarm consumers into giving them more money.