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Can anyone overthrow Steam on PC? "As long as Valve is independent and not a publicly traded company," analyst says it looks impossible (www.gamesradar.com)
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[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Most games on PC worked first release, because most people didn't have good enough Internet to get a patch. What games are you thinking about that were buggy or didn't work pre-steam?

I can't think of a game pre-steam that didn't work or was so buggy it required a patch. They had to ship working products back then. There was no send it and patch it day one like there is today. Consoles %100 had to work day one.

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