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Blizzard games are coming to Steam (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I guess they're giving up on convincing people to download their launcher.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Microsoft did go on the record saying that pulling Call of Duty from Steam was a mistake. Given that they also release their own exclusives on Steam, it's clear they understand that, even if Valve takes a 30% cut, not releasing on Steam is almost as bad as not releasing your game at all.