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Valve is redesigning the Steam Store Menu and Search, wants user feedback (www.neowin.net)

submitted 9 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/gaming@lemmy.zip

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Valve's latest update to the Steam store is aiming to revamp the top menu bar as well as the search functionality.

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[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yeah that’s the thing. People compare Valve to Apple all the time but it’s not a fair comparison. Apple controls the hardware platform while Valve does not. Many devs publish their games on multiple platforms including their own websites as well as Steam. Gamers are free to buy on any platform yet many choose Steam. If a dev decides not to publish on Steam that’s fine but they’ll have a harder time getting visibility.

[–] Burnedspaghetti@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

It's not just visibility either, some don't want to have multiple platforms for games and other outright refuse to buy games from anything other than steam

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Apple allows you to offer better deals on other platforms. Customers are allowed to buy on other platforms, but sellers aren't allowed to give you any reason to. Even in cases where those other platforms take a smaller cut, the developer has to artificially raise the price until Steam is the cheapest platform if they want to remain on Steam.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/video-game-giant-valve-hit-with-consumer-class-action-over-pricing-2024-08-12/