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72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, according to study
(www.gamesindustry.biz)
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If Steam suddenly introduced a policy that prohibited devs from selling on other platforms alongside Steam, most devs would choose Steam because they would make way more money on Steam than elsewhere.
The power to do that is monopoly power, regardless of whether Steam is abusing that power currently. I think that their behavior on the whole is pretty good, but that doesn't make them not a monopoly.