The point they’re making is pointless. Should have clarified my self better. I think this is an issue of behemoth companies are eating the big chunk of market and not leaving anything for the smaller creators to make a living. Same like McDonald’s is everywhere squishing smaller burger shops.

This a market problem not steam. The article points it like it’s steam’s fault. IMHO steam does its best to support indie devs. they even patch their games so they’d have a smooth release (sorry its a Reddit link)

Barely make anything compared to multi million companies

Solo dev games can make a fraction of what those giant games and the dev can live a very comfortable life. Etc: balatro

Very pointless article.

I’m surprised that they haven’t brought up the negative environmental effect of producing compact discs and enclosures as an excuse. This decision is pure greed driven.

I was going to buy ps5 for gta6, but I’m not going to now. Will wait for pc release. Also not worth paying that much for a console that’s set to die in 2-3 years. (Ps6 is probably on the way)

Well the only reason why I didn’t get switch 2 because that’s the very first Nintendo console that you can’t pirate. And I really don’t mind.

I’m talking about the guy who’s saying those stuff, chet Faliszek. not you lol.

The guy who’s saying this is a controversian, he’s trying to get clicks to his TikTok. He was also opposing stop killing games. He’s not even working in valve more than a decade. So he’s irrelevant but he does make sure to say ex-valve before his title.

“Former” and “writer”

Sure. So there’s no reason he might not got paid by Sony to say this, right? Or yet alone have any professional knowledge on distribution of games.

Edit: check is wiki. He’s a sorry ass grifter. Putting up valve before his name to make his sorry points more credible. Trying to squeeze out his valve history even though majority of his career was spend on not being able to cope with indie studio workload and then shifting to riot games for monies. Now he’s making TikTok videos talking about valve like it’s his majority of experience. Also he was opposing Stop Killing Games. https://preservetube.com/watch?v=qr6I2BiU238

Don’t get me wrong - not to argue. Hate the fact that they’re doing this but asking this genuinely objective point of view.

Why should retailers’s business would be concern to Sony? Isn’t this similar if I was an iron supplier and decided to not sell my materials to one manufacturer that I’m not tied with an agreement, just because I’ve decided not to?

Wasn’t it already? Apart from new vegas, all fps fallout games are basically mediocre crap with boring non memorable stories.

Who remembers what was the main mission fallout 2 and fallout 3? Who remembers who is yes man and the stupid butler robot from 4?

Hellkind free short artsy horror themed top down walking sim

OH I WONDER WHO FUCKED UP THE WHOLE INDUSTRY.