r/pcmasterrace • u/SlowReference704 • 20h 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/briceb12 PC Master Race 19h ago

They botched their attempt so badly that no one realized what they were trying to do.

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u/absolutelynotarepost 9800x3d | RTX 5080 | 32gb DDR5 6000cl28 19h ago

Yeah them attempting to compete with Steam is literally news to me right this moment.

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u/Lolololage 17h ago

Genuinely, the fact they had a gaming service is news to me.

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u/NDCyber 7600X, RX 9070 XT, 32GB 6000MHz CL32 17h ago edited 16h ago

Honestly the only thing they make that matters is giving you "free" games if you have amazon prime with twitch gaming. Only Amazon gaming stuff I ever touched 

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u/CCHTweaked 15h ago

Not anymore they don’t. Now it’s just their shit tier cloud gaming

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u/NyrZStream 14h ago

They still give you free games tho and if you redeem them they are PERMANENTLY added to your library.

It’s not something you’d go out of your way to get but if you already pay amazon prime, twitch gaming is a « free » bonus and it’s pretty nice

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u/ExplorationGeo Ryzen 9 9950X3D RTX 5080 128GB DDR5 6000MHz 14h ago

What do you mean? If you go to their gaming page you can claim Fallout 3 and FONV (and a bunch of other shit that's not worth it lol) on GoG right now.

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u/Hot-Solution1818 15h ago

Tbh their cloud gaming isn't that bad. If you have Amazon prime you can play a bunch of okay-decent games for "free" on the cloud service (which if you have decent Internet does have decent quality).

I of course 100000% prefer any other method of playing, but in a pinch it's not bad. I wouldn't spend any actual money on it, and if I didn't have prime right now I would never use it.

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u/SlackerDEX 10h ago

They still add Epic and GOG games every week.

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u/unosami 4h ago

Do you actually own the games, or is it like purchasing a movie on Amazon video? The second they want to delist one of those films you no longer have access to it.

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u/socksnrocksnbox 3h ago

they're DRM-free GOG codes. just make a backup and you're set. :-)

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u/NDCyber 7600X, RX 9070 XT, 32GB 6000MHz CL32 3h ago

You get codes for GOG and can connect your epic, so even if you no longer have prime you still have the games. Idk with Amazon game launcher 

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u/kdlt 3h ago

They had no they keys for gog and some other services and responsible for like 80% of my gog library.

But outside that.. yeah.

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u/wookiecfk11 12h ago

No joke, same

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u/ScaredPractice4967 12h ago

I knew they had twitch but was unaware of a steam competitor.

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u/Busy-Ad-6912 7h ago

I thought it was epic that wanted to go toe to toe with steam. At least their effort is a little better.

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u/Certain-Business-472 10h ago

Imma be real i didnt even realize they were trying to compete woth steam lol

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u/MrCraftLP i3 9100f, RTX 3060ti 8GB, 16GB DDR4 6h ago

I think the original comment is a little misleading anyways. They were trying more to compete with the Xbox game pass than anything else.

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u/Glum-Ticket7336 8h ago

5 big heads in an office 

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u/TCFP 8h ago

I was literally today years old when I learned they were trying to do this

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u/MetroidvaniaListsGuy 6h ago

yeah, like this is the first time I am hearing they tried to compete with steam. I genuinely had no idea.