Steam's Got New Competition + Porn in Super Mario Odyssey

@matt_lech Short term, I agree. Long term... not sure who's greed will win, or at least lose less. Tencent is huge and is willing to put its money to "good" use. (Read: actual use, not necessarily good) Steam still maintains market lead through a combination of "got there first" and the right marketing push to publishers. First to market meant they had time to develop a huge library and user base, while the marketing to publishers appealed to cheaper production of games, but reaching a wider audience more readily. Meanwhile, Steam is hurting itself thanks to pushing indie developers away and allowing scummier practitioners through.

@powerati I think the thing that will shoot tencent in the foot is copyright laws they are so willing to create/host knockoffs and clones that when they go international and tested by copyright laws that aren't as lax as chinese copyright they will run into trouble

@matt_lech i would say a lot of it depends on the deals each company makes with one another. if this new company makes a deal in which they get a game on the level of elder scrolls 6 before steam. you may see a lot of new accounts open with this new company. dont ever forget that media giants have been taken down before, usually through a mixture of the older company being to cocky, and the newer company doing things in a better way. not saying that this new company will replace steam, but valve should be at least a little concerned and pay close attention to what is going on, or else they may be met with an unexpected and unpleasent surprise.