Genshin alone made over 700 mil last year, this is just cost of doing business for them

Heavy subsidies to our own industry are definitely a better alternative, but our politicians would rather cry “China bad” and further line the pockets of our ruling class

This lawsuit is specifically about them breaking California law, so it still isn’t simple enough I suppose

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How is it “virtually a requirement”? Nothing is stopping any devs from selling their games elsewhere, but most of them see the advantages that steam brings to the consumers and don’t bother trying to compete. If steam was buying up publishers and forcing exclusivity then that would absolutely be monopolistic behavior, but they are just beating the competition by being better.

If you don’t use it then how is it a big deal if it’s monitored?