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Valve has really been on a roll lately. If this keeps up, it might get cocky and do something reckless like release the third game in a series.

. When Sony relented and finally started putting its PlayStation exclusives on PC, they came to Steam, too. It's now easier to ask who'sWith few exceptions, Epic's games are only available on PC from the Epic Game Store. Aside from Fortnite, that includes games from Epic-owned studios, such as Rocket League, and games being published by Epic, like the upcoming Alan Wake 2.

What out-of-nowhere indie hits like Vampire Survivors might we have missed if games still had to wriggle through Steam Greenlight? I was nervous when Valve introduced Steam Direct in 2017, opening Steam's catalog to anyone with a game and $100, and stunned in 2018 when it got rid of nearly all its content and quality rules. At the time, I criticized Valve for eschewing responsibility for the games it sold.

People definitely did and still do those things, so it ain't a perfect system, but as business decisions go, opening up Steam was a winning move. And for all of Steam's present day faults, I can't in hindsight imagine that PC gaming would be better had Valve not introduced self-publishing.

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