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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month ago

Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'

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Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'

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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month ago

"It was a very weird time."

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This nightmare of the server being down on day 1 (and sometimes the whole week) is what trained me to never buy a game on release.

It still happens! To this day!

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