[Aeolun]

I don’t think they are ‘steam exclusive’ titles so much as they are only released on Steam.

They’re allowed to release elsewhere, it’s just such a pain compared to steam that nobody does so.

[jandrese]

To boil it down: Valve doesn't pay anybody to make their content available exclusively on Steam and doesn't advertise "exclusives". People did that for free.

IMHO, exclusives are obnoxious and I'm glad Steam doesn't do that. The physical retail market is full of crap like that, or pre-order bonuses that are tied to particular retailers. All of that garbage is a cancer on the gaming market.

[cjhopman]

This comment doesn't really seem to make sense in context. Maybe you didn't realize that Valve makes Steam?

[Aeolun]

I did. I’m not entirely sure how you think the comment doesn’t make sense?