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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish ·
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An architect of GameStop's long-forgotten Steam competitor explains why he thinks Valve came out on top: 'What Steam did better than anybody else was to create a community'

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An architect of GameStop's long-forgotten Steam competitor explains why he thinks Valve came out on top: 'What Steam did better than anybody else was to create a community'

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In hindsight, who would have guessed that Valve would win against the likes of Microsoft, EA, or Ubisoft?
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    GameStop had a Steam competitor? Where? When? They have an online store that you could buy physical shit through. When and where did they ever have a digital store you could download from?

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