Ars Technica: Game Devs on Valve and Conflict of Intrest

[z0th]

ran across this article on Ars Technica this morning on the daily news cruise, thought it might interest a few here.

Game devs speak out on Valve, Steam and conflict of interest

In a recent interview, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford—the developer behind the upcoming Borderlands—revealed some surprising opinions about Valve's Steam digital distribution platform. While the common sentiment among both gamers and developers tends to be positive, Pitchford told Maximum PC that "I don't trust Valve" and that he believes "a lot of the industry doesn't" as well.... MORE

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Article makes that guy sound like a bitch.

Seriously, NOBODY had issues with Valve/Steam that I'm aware of. And he doesn't even make half a case about any issue. At the end of the article they say it's a publicity stunt, oh balloon boy, here we come again.

I was hesitant to get anything from Steam at one point, just because it requires internet and at times I have had none. Other than that there are no issues.

[Liquid Death]

That guy just probably had a few bad run-ins with microsoft

[captainAngry]

Steam is a great platform even if it has issues from time to time. People buy a lot more games when they don't have to drive to the store to get them.