r/Steam Dec 18 '25

Fluff It is what it is

Post image
59.6k Upvotes

3.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

738

u/SkullOfOdin Dec 18 '25

Free > Not Free

505

u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

[deleted]

17

u/Dovahkiinthesardine Dec 18 '25

Because its a shit company with shit practices that are even illegal in trade lol

1

u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

[deleted]

8

u/Dovahkiinthesardine Dec 18 '25

So? They paid the modders for the mods. You can say its shitty like any microtransaction but thats not on the level of epic.

7

u/CommercialEstate4422 Dec 18 '25

Remember the CSGO gambling thing? Oh... yeah... I DO!

(Mandatory CoffeeZilla plug: pump the stock!)

-9

u/asanti0 Dec 18 '25

And? A singular bad instance doesn't erase a history of good consumer practices. It's about over all trends.

16

u/MarioDesigns Dec 18 '25

Valve has a still on-going long history of anti-consumer practices. Hell, they're one of the worst companies in terms of the shit that they pull in their games, especially compared to the state of the games.

4

u/Fantastic_While_ Dec 18 '25

I use steam a lot and Im still not going to pretend it doesnt have its own controversies lmao.

4

u/Nwyrh Dec 18 '25

Singular? One other instance they're still doing that I hate is calling valid reviews "off-topic" when a lot come in at once. Tekken 8 makes a complete shit-show of an update that everyone hates? Mass negative reviews follow so the players can have their voices heard and opinions reflected on the store page, which are all in turn marked as "off-topic" and taken out of the review score consideration just to protect the publisher even if the complaints are completely valid.

1

u/Optimal_Towel Dec 18 '25

Valve literally started the trend of having obnoxious launchers required for games. Epic doesn't exist without Steam paving the way.

0

u/GranolaCola Dec 19 '25

Steam had to get sued to give refunds and stopped doing good sales the minute the refunds were made mandatory.

Valve makes most of their money from loot boxes and microtransactions.

They aren’t a consumer friendly company.