[...] We do. It's called minecraft and its not even in beta yet.

Need a new "quake", not in terms of gameplay, but in terms of popularity.

sadly retailers pushed pc games to the very back of the store about 8 years ago. they dont stock latest titles at competitive prices. and the guys in there couldn't even tell you how to build a basic pc, on which to play said latest titles.

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[...] whys every man got beef with twistedplay

[...] Does it not seem absolutely pathetic that companys think they have a natural right to a proportion of the market, if they did or plan to, if they are offering a worse service to the consumer. It pretty much sickens me to put steam and itunes in the same bubble. Apart from good and bad monopolys. Who cares if steam are doing a perfectly fine job of running the retailing market for games? Im sure if steam were not providing a satisfactory service, another leading competitor would take their steam, because thats how a free market should fuction. If people were sick of the additional advertising steam do, people would move. But actually its one of the few advertising mechanisms which is bareable. [...] Who cares about small retailing businesses, they are a thing of the past unless the big companies are not providing a good enough service. For example itunes offer a shit service, and i would rather buy vinyl, even if it costs more or even go to the length of coding an alternative (foobar). Again, steam support small companies if their product is good enough. Just look at the makers of world of goo etc. This encourages competion within the developing market which is only a good thing. edit: who cares if i can further myself from people who choose to play halo, and the people associated with them. twisted play anyone?

The point in the article was that people would buy one game that needs Steam and then with all the marketing and pop-ups Steam has on their PC with new releases, they'd continue to buy games from Steam rather than going back to the retail outlet.

I buy nearly all of my games from Steam. It's sad that small business can and will close, but it happens in every industry, not just games. If you can't differentiate yourself and clearly express your unique selling point (usp) and show people why they should give their money to you, then you will fail. Simple as that.

PC Gaming is "dying", in that it's a shrinking market Indie dev's, and a few publishers will continue to make dedicated PC games, rather than shitty ports. Need a new "quake", not in terms of gameplay, but in terms of popularity.