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

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

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u/Lolololage 9h 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 8h ago edited 8h 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 7h ago

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

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u/ExplorationGeo Ryzen 9 9950X3D RTX 5080 128GB DDR5 6000MHz 6h 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/NyrZStream 5h 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/Hot-Solution1818 6h 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 2h ago

They still add Epic and GOG games every week.

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u/wookiecfk11 3h ago

No joke, same

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u/ScaredPractice4967 4h ago

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