Is Valve's Steam Anti-Competitive?

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 9, 2009 @12:07PM from the either-that-or-it-isn't dept.

Absolut187 writes "Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford says Steam's domination of digital distribution is 'dangerous,' and exploits small developers. 'Steam helps us as customers, but it's also a money grab, and Valve is exploiting a lot of people in a way that's not totally fair. ... Valve is taking a larger share than it should for the service it's providing. ... There's so much conflict of interest there that it's horrid.' Pitchford's comments came as part of an interview with Maximum PC, and he thinks Valve should spin off Steam to its own company. Is he right? Is there a better answer?" Update: 10/10 at 02:00 GMT by SS: Randy has clarified his remarks in a comment here at Slashdot. He makes it clear that he likes Steam a lot, and for several reasons, but thinks stronger competition would benefit the industry as a whole.

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Re:you are making to much money!!!!! bawwwwlll by cayenne8 · 2009-10-09 12:55 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Ok..what the fuck happened to slashdot?
I can't get to my damned comments section on my personal page anymore....

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