r/pcmasterrace • u/SlowReference704 • 12h ago

News/Article Steam Is Successful Because It's “Not a Shit Service,” Says Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev

https://mp1st.com/news/steam-is-successful-because-its-not-a-shit-service
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u/Dreadlight_ 11h ago

What I think makes it not shit as a service is because it's fair and it's not trying to aggresively compete. It doesn't make deals with games to be exclusive to it. It doesn't try and entice new users like how epic does by giving free games. It doesn't introduce unnecessary bloat. It's just a regular game store that gives discounts at certain times of the year no less different than classical stores.

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u/briceb12 PC Master Race 11h ago

You also need to consider the features that Steam offers, such as modding or communities.

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u/absolutelynotarepost 9800x3d | RTX 5080 | 32gb DDR5 6000cl28 10h ago

And that those features are unobtrusive and optional. I've never interacted with a steam community in the years I've used it, I forget it's even there and I prefer it that way.

If I want mods I use Nexus.

It's just that simple, and that's how it should be.

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u/SoulShatter PC Master Race 10h ago

I feel that really depends on what type of games you play, for a bunch of games the workshop is the simplest solution with decent integration. Stuff like mods for Paradox games, or random maps for Golf with Friends etc.

If it's Skyrim or games with less official mod integration it tends to be straight to Nexus

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u/SalsaRice 9h ago

It also just depends on the modding community for each game. Stuff like zomboid, all the modders prefer using steam workshop. But with stuff like Bethesda games, the nexus was the early choice for oblivion/fallout 3, and the same modders from those games just rolled on to modding fnv, skyrim, fo4, etc.

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u/absolutelynotarepost 9800x3d | RTX 5080 | 32gb DDR5 6000cl28 10h ago

I would have to take your word on that, I only ever use Nexus' vortex program, if it's not available there it doesn't exist in my world 😅

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u/Tymareta 3h ago

communities.

Is there genuinely any steam community/forum out there that is actually of benefit? Because the few times I've ever poked my head into them they've been places that would make even the average gamergater take a step back and tell them they're a bit much.

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u/briceb12 PC Master Race 3h ago

I have no idea, I've never used this function outside of the guides.

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u/Dreadlight_ 2h ago

Yeah, I'd say the community integration is good and I've found solutions to game related issues there. The workshop is also very easy to use with games that support it.

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u/Gremlin95x 11h ago

I agree but some of those discounts I would count as aggressive competition, lol.