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72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, according to study (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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[–] FishFace@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Lock-in" doesn't make it a monopoly; market share does, and Steam dominates there. So much so that EA gave up on offering things exclusively on Origin.