Pitchford fears Steam dominance
Developer fears Valve dominance
Speaking with Maximum PC, Borderlands creator and Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has said that he believes the Steam content delivery platform and developer Valve should be separate.
The veteran game maker sees the service as a 'money grab', and he believes as a rival game developer the firm ultimately can't be trusted.
"I'll tell you what. Steam helps. As a guy in this industry though, I don't trust Valve. I, personally, trust Valve. But I'm just saying, honestly, I think a lot of the industry doesn't. It would be much better if Steam was its own business. There's so much conflict of interest there that it's horrid. It's actually really, really dangerous for the rest of the industry to allow Valve to win," the big cheese rails.
"I love Valve games, and I do business with the company. But, I'm just saying, Steam isn't the answer. Steam helps us as customers, but it's also a money grab, and Valve is exploiting a lot of people in a way that's not totally fair. Valve is taking a larger share than it should for the service its providing. It's exploiting a lot of small guys. For us big guys, we're going to sell the units and it will be fine."
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