• masterspace@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Yeah, for building most of those games. Valve has recieved 30% for doing fuck all. Why are you so adamantly defending them?

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      4 hours ago

      Valve literally hosts petabytes of game data and allows any user to download them at any time. That’s not nothing, data storage is very expensive, and users are charged nothing for it. They provide a service to not only the customers, but also the developers. Steam has so many backend features that allow devs to skip so many networking steps that can otherwise be a huge nightmare. Not sure why you think they are literally just a webpage that has a purchase button next to a game.

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      19 hours ago

      for building most of those games

      providing an engine does not build the game.

      Valve has recieved 30% for doing fuck all. Why are you so adamantly defending them?

      I’m not defending valve, I’m attacking epic

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        18 hours ago

        for building most of those games

        providing an engine does not build the game.

        Well good thing I said “most” of a game. Go ahead and write your game logic and then tell me how you get it to render graphics on a screen without any engine code.

        Valve has recieved 30% for doing fuck all. Why are you so adamantly defending them?

        I’m not defending valve, I’m attacking epic

        Yeah, in the context of a discussion about whether or not Valve is overcharging customers.

        Jesus Christ, keep up.