Oof: Years before Steam, a Blizzard engineer wanted to turn Battle.net into a third-party game store, but was reportedly turned downwww.pcgamer.comexternal-link alessandro ( @alessandro@lemmy.ca ) PC Gaming@lemmy.ca • 2 days ago message-square14fedilinkarrow-up1145
arrow-up1145external-linkOof: Years before Steam, a Blizzard engineer wanted to turn Battle.net into a third-party game store, but was reportedly turned downwww.pcgamer.com alessandro ( @alessandro@lemmy.ca ) PC Gaming@lemmy.ca • 2 days ago message-square14fedilink
minus-square justme ( @justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilink22•17 hours agoWow, we dodged a bullet there I guess
minus-square ILikeBoobies ( @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink12•15 hours agoBlizzard was well liked before they joined Activision And people would fanboy it just the same as Steam
minus-square justme ( @justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilink6•13 hours agoI was there… 2000 years ago
minus-square lobut ( @lobut@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink8•14 hours agoYup, it’s a good reminder that Steam can change direction at any point as well.
minus-square justme ( @justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilink6•13 hours agoThat can always happen, therefore I hate all locked in services, even if they are good at this moment. But so far it looks like steam is still interested in long-term goal, they didn’t go public yet after all.
Wow, we dodged a bullet there I guess
Blizzard was well liked before they joined Activision
And people would fanboy it just the same as Steam
Wow gamers were zealots
I was there… 2000 years ago
Yup, it’s a good reminder that Steam can change direction at any point as well.
That can always happen, therefore I hate all locked in services, even if they are good at this moment. But so far it looks like steam is still interested in long-term goal, they didn’t go public yet after all.