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72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, according to study
(www.gamesindustry.biz)
this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2025
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I don't know what you're expecting. Publishers don't put every game on GoG and all the publisher run stores are very anti consumer, or they're EGS which will definitely turn anti consumer the second they think they've got the market share. Where are you wanting people to buy their games?
I want them available and Itch and GoG or publisher stores or elsewhere, basically anything but one store unless they need Steam for API features.
I want Steam to not have so much marketshare they can dictate prices to other stores.
The status quo right now is okay, but I don’t like the direction it’s heading, where other stores may not even keep their heads above water.
This seems to be suggesting that a large portion of games is only published to steam, which I don't think is the case?
Except it literally is, per the article?
Well, this is publishers complaining. Maybe they should publish on other platforms. I don't know what they expect to happen lol