People want retail games and if the big 3 can’t cover that market a new and more sustainable subject will fill that space. Maybe it’s time to bring back physical media to PC, a more open system where publishers could make profit selling their retail games similarly to vinyls for music.
Yeah, it’s mostly newer indie or “AA” games I’ve been into.
On the pricing: https://blog.subimpact.net/2026/06/valve-allegedly-threatened-to-delist.html?m=1
But in a nutshell, the allegations is that Steam threatens to delist games if they’re priced lower than Steam on other storefronts, similar to what Walmart or Amazon are accused of doing.