Exactly, its all under NDA if guys like M76, Maverick etc spent more time on r/gamedev, unity forums etc, instead of being brainwashed by Jim Sterling and Angry Joe, they would have seen it mentioned.
Stores have 2 Customers (the producer and the buyer) if you mistreat the producer(like valve) they will leave for a better deal its Biz 101 and common sense.
How many times have you complained about paying for useless Cable TV Channels, If Steam treated its Producers well Origin, U-Play, EGS...
Well that would happen if Good Guy Valve, didn't forbid developers from selling games cheaper at a competing store.
You Steam Cuckolds will never get it.
Exactly, Epic has pledged a 100 million us dollars for their Mega Grants program, Steam stopped caring about developers after they got enough mind share, if you don't take care of your producers as a store, those producers will go elsewhere.
Tim has done more for gaming than Gabe ever will.
No it won't, Its called Developer Choice whilst you and your fellow Steam Defense Force Squadron members get your E-Diapers in a twist, the Silent Majority will continue to enjoy games and purchase them anywhere, whilst whiny SJW's like yourself continue to get E-pimped by Outrage peddlers like...
Another thing that Gabe's NPC's like M76, Zara etc don't know that, steam has an agreement that forbids developers from selling any game cheaper at a direct competitor (GOG,EGS) but are fine with key reseller's since they can still profit from them through steam cards etc
Not Really, you are not just buying the system but the customer support as well(e.g when something leaks under warranty, they fly one of their Tech's to come fix the leak) etc.
another thing is that 8pack orders binned parts from factory e.g Ram, GPU's which is costly, they then have to order...