The Steamy Issue Of Digital Distribution

I do ask myself many times if Steam is really doing the right thing for the consumer and the small developers. Prices sometimes just don't add up against retail as well. Time to read up on it a little bit.

As mentioned in the Sunday Papers yesterday, there has been some controversy sparked after remarks made by Gearbox's Randy Pitchford to Maximum PC regarding Steam, where he stated that the digital distribution service from Valve was "exploiting a lot of small guys." This was later countered by an article on Gamasutra where Tripwire's John Gibson retorted, "Ask the Tripwire Interactive employees if they feel exploited, as they move into their new offices paid for by the money the company has made on Steam."

Step back everyone I see a flame heading for me.

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