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[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think the issue is, that if we're going to call steam a monopoly (and maybe they are), then we've got to call Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo monopolies.

What I don't want to see is legal attacks against steam while letting worse behavior off the hook.

[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ehh, steam only is in the PC gaming market

In the console market, you do have 3 primary competitors, be that Microsoft, PlayStation, and Nintendo.

In the whole gaming market maybe steam doesn't have a Monopoly, but within the PC marketplace...

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I mean, the issue is these lines aren't as concrete anymore. Is the Ps5 a console or a locked down pc?

Hell, this is probably controversial, but Apple and Google actually have the monopoly on PC gaming. Android and Ios make the most money out of any gaming ecosystem.