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72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, according to study
(www.gamesindustry.biz)
this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2025
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Valve has made games. Damn good ones at that.
You know HALF-LIFE Counter Strike Portal Team Fortress 2
and are the makers of the source engine powering Titanfall 1, 2, Apex and a lot more
Oh yeah when did those come out and how much of Valve's revenue do they account for lol?
If you count only Valve's own games' sales, those earned nowhere as much as the steam market trade of TF2 hats and CS skins
Exactly, Valve's success has been defined by the extent to which they have financialized their few games, stretched their IP, and used that as a games publisher. It's because they're a rentier with no games of their own any more that they are a virtual economy monopoly...