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Retailers may soon ban games that feature Steam play support. This is because many of them believe that Steam has built up a monopoly in the online game download market (they do account for 80% of all game downloads these days).
Competitors to Steam in the game download market are complaining that Steam forces publishers to add Steam features to their games, even when these games are sold on other competing websites such as Direct2Drive.
Other brick and mortar retailers, some of them wanting to launch their own digital services, may also baulk at the idea of supporting a potential competitor. And with more and more people choosing downloads versus boxed versions, B&M owners may be reluctant to sell any games that goes out of its way to support digital services such as Steam.
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Competitors to Steam in the game download market are complaining that Steam forces publishers to add Steam features to their games, even when these games are sold on other competing websites such as Direct2Drive.
Other brick and mortar retailers, some of them wanting to launch their own digital services, may also baulk at the idea of supporting a potential competitor. And with more and more people choosing downloads versus boxed versions, B&M owners may be reluctant to sell any games that goes out of its way to support digital services such as Steam.
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