UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoThink outside the AAA boximagemessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1486
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minus-squareFunkt4st1c@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoTbf you can also get unlimited keys to sell and use elsewhere without issue. You’re paying for the audience, convenience and trust. No ones stopping you from posting to itch.io or handing out USBs, but Steam will always be preferred because of the user experience.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI finally checked out itch.io recently to look into steam alternatives and was disappointed to see that a lot of games there have “graduated” to steam and stop updating the itch.io version in favour of their steam version.
Tbf you can also get unlimited keys to sell and use elsewhere without issue. You’re paying for the audience, convenience and trust.
No ones stopping you from posting to itch.io or handing out USBs, but Steam will always be preferred because of the user experience.
I finally checked out itch.io recently to look into steam alternatives and was disappointed to see that a lot of games there have “graduated” to steam and stop updating the itch.io version in favour of their steam version.