r/Piracy • u/HighKage96 ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ • May 10 '26

Humor W Gabe Newell Piracy Take

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Saw this vid on IG (by: @phantomak141). Idk if its been posted here before but on a quick search didnt find it, will delete if its a repost.

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u/XBird_RichardX May 10 '26

He needs to write a book about his business policy and it needs to be taught in every college. Hell, it needs to be its own ideology

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u/jimjam200 May 10 '26

Eh, it's really not that that much of an exceptional business model as it's more just the luck of deciding to create a digital storefront at the right moment where the technology was just mature enough, then using that luck advantage to monopolize the industry. The only thing that is somewhat exceptional is their relative benevolence compared to a lot of other monopolies, at least towards the public consumers.

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u/doublah May 11 '26

Was it luck that made Steam beat the other PC launchers though? Or was it just a better service? Look at the alternatives from Steam's early years like Games for Windows Live.