We dodged a bullet, I’d say
Valve asked several companies to build something like Steam, was turned down every time and decided to do it themselves.
oof. years before heavier-than-air flight, an engineer in Florence wanted to utilise novel aerodynamic techniques to create a “flying helix”, but was reportedly ignored.
Wow, we dodged a bullet there I guess
Blizzard was well liked before they joined Activision
And people would fanboy it just the same as Steam
Yup, it’s a good reminder that Steam can change direction at any point as well.
That can always happen, therefore I hate all locked in services, even if they are good at this moment. But so far it looks like steam is still interested in long-term goal, they didn’t go public yet after all.
I remember reading a very long (but fascinating) 11 part series of posts a couple of years ago on reddit about scummy stupid Blizzard. Here it is, if anyone still cares.
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/riq4fq/games_world_of_warcraft_part_1_beta_and_vanilla/
