Steam hat mittlerweile 50 % mehr Nutzer als PlayStation, und Sonys eigene Entscheidungen könnten dazu führen, dass mehr Spieler dorthin gelangen

Quick, someone say “if purchasing isn’t ownership then piracy isn’t theft” for upvotes.

Who would have thought that having a superior, user friendly digital marketplace would attract consumers. Something to think about.

Aren’t you comparing apples to oranges here? 

It’s somewhat funny to frame the Sony discussions around Steam, the platform that was maybe THE core driver for the death of physical games and I personally didn’t mind it but amidst the outrage it is a bit ironic what reputation Steam has nowadays amongst gamers, especially if you consider that they were also a major force for the popularization of microtransactions etc.

Sure, leave the console market for steam, a digital only platform with an even more expensive piece of hardware as its “console alternative.”

The mind blowing detail that doesn’t get mentioned here is being a PlayStation user comes with a £400+ upfront cost.

A steam user can be anyone from a household laptop to a £4k+ beast.

People mad about digital only sales moving to the platform that pioneered digital only sales? That will teach em! 

Steam, does nothing. Wins.

Steam has basically no barrier for entry compared to Playstation. You can install Steam on nearly any computer and anyone who plays a game on their computer will likely have Steam installed.

That also means you’re catching people who don’t really play video games much but want to play say Stardew Valley; they wouldn’t spend £500 on a Playstation for that but they would install Steam for free, pay like £10-15 for it and play it on an old laptop.

Sony haven’t lost a consumer to Valve in cases like that or very infrequent gamers who’ll play The Sims or something. I’d also be interested in how they deem an “active” user because I’ve not used Steam in years but it auto-launches on my MacBook when I boot it up every week or so, that may technically be considered “active”.

This headline seems to be a case of starting with a premise then finding data that vaguely sounds supportive of it rather than building a conclusion based on data.

Steam doesn’t have a history of taking back purchases from your library. Lots of people here forgetting that part of the story 

Buying from Steam, you’re renting the game, protesting PlayStation for the same thing. 

They pushed me there. After their crazy announcement I bought a gaming PC and started buying the games I’d normally play on PlayStation for Steam. Which I appreciate because I can run them better on my PC

Sony spent years building a loyal player base and then speedran destroying it with PSN requirements, price hikes, and live service flops. Steam just had to exist and not be terrible.

Steam doesn’t charge a mandatory subscription for online multiplayer

I’m curious how many of these overlap? People like me who don’t care and are multi platform.

Am I on Steam, yup. For a couple of games to play with specific friends.

The majority of my gaming is done on PSN.

I also have an Xbox that rarely gets used.

I also have a switch 2, which I am delighted to report is pretty awesome and gets in the rotation.

Just because I am on Steam, doesn’t mean I’m leaving PlayStation.

Players, sure. Not bots for sellers

yay love monopoly

Steam is just better in general in every way

i like steam, but even them need some limits. we need better laws to ensure our rights.

Pushed me that way. Always had a PC but kept my ps5 for convenience, then Sony just ruined the whole experience

It’s so goddamn clear the people making these decisions haven’t spent any time with the general public since COVID. They’re utterly detached from reality.

Sony really shat the bed this gen,ps5 has no games. Expect the ps6 to have even less besides more concords.