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Gabe Newell? Yeah. He deserves it frankly.
For what, being slightly less greedy than his peers? Steam is what normalized always online DRM in gaming. Steam and Valve games also normalized micro-transactions and gambling mechanics. The guy is far from being a saint.
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Why shouldn't he? I don't see how someone posting comments like that would benefit YC.
They're free to comment as they like, but as their comments are about disengaging from US-based tech and as there's no need to announce their departure, it just seems performative.
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Why are you using a US VC's forum, so?
USA used to be cool (or so I thought) back when I started participating in this place. They have sunk very low in the last 15 years.
Let's make this actionable. This is the last time I read or write here. Bye. You guys won't lose much but I will gain a lot.
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Epic was founded in US and didn't reach such success too. I think this is not because of US based, more like because of Gabe Newell.
Good example. I’d want to look at the first-mover(ish) advantage Valve had and other differences in product timing/delivery before I concluded it was impossible to found a company like Valve in the EU.
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Good example. I’d want to look at the first-mover(ish) advantage Valve had and other differences in product timing/delivery before I concluded it was impossible to found a company like Valve in the EU.
I am interested in knowing why it's impossible. Only because of first mover advantage?
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All sorts of content that EU bureaucrats find objectionable like the sex games
Americans thinking Europe is prudish is pretty funny.
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Gabe Newell? Yeah. He deserves it frankly.
For what, being slightly less greedy than his peers? Steam is what normalized always online DRM in gaming. Steam and Valve games also normalized micro-transactions and gambling mechanics. The guy is far from being a saint.
Steam also does not require DRM, developers can choose not to use it, if they do you can just copy the game install dir to a separate folder and run your game without steam.
I guess you could say Valve made this easy, but its not like games didn't have DRM befores team or wouldn't have required always online without steam.
