[rowanG077]

You really have to explain how you can even begin to compare a payment processer with steam.

Steam provides a ton of value add on top of payment processing. Advertisement, distribution, a storefront, a boatload of users.

[polotics]

Thanks for asking. - Advertisement: the free internet has lots of places for adds - Distribution: there are several very good protocols for transferring files, even ones with DRM! - Storefront: ...stores don't take a 30% cut of what they sell, and as we all know inventory costs are pretty low when it's all just bits on NAS storage. - Users: again, this is called the internet, they are there and what they need is curation. I would much rather a proper gatekeeper, say for example Polygon magazine, was able to pay real game testers and journalists to surface the really good game, and make a cut off of this, instead of the wasteland that's on display at whatsonsteam.com

[rowanG077]

You are not answering my question. You are simply enumerating ways how to do what steam does in other ways. My question is why are you comparing it to a payment processor.

[polotics]

I am comparing the greedy fee it charges...

[pkalinowski]

Why build dropbox, you can easily do it yourself just by using (...)