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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I think it probably had more to do with having a store that worked well, games that had good prices, and most importantly: Good customer service. The only other service that comes close is GOG, and that's mostly because of their DRM free policy.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Even then the majority of random games on steam are drm free out of the box nowadays. Mostly just the big triple A studios that have mandatory drm.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, and a lot of them ditch the DRM after a while. Steam is it's own DRM anyhow, it's one I don't terribly mind because it consistently works without fucking up my gaming experience (even augmenting it at times - which no other stores do).