also got deals with the companies for the extra profit

as in the price

@velvitonator they have a big platform, it was time for them to use it to expose the users to new games. They also have the data of what users play what and for what time

monetizing gamers by e.g. making a publishing platform for games makes a TON of sense, it's a HUGE market and Steam has an effective monopoly. Even for how comparatively small GoG is they're still raking in money last I checked

so they have the best data to cater to them

Trying to Steam better than Steam is a risky proposition; it's not an obvious choice

GoG gets love for being customer-friendly and DRM-free, but it's still no Steam

it doesn't need to be a better Steam than Steam

it just needs to be a GoG to steam

find a niche that Steam doesn't handle well

well-curated library for example, although GoG has that

perhaps some dedicated multiplayer integration? Just click a friend's icon in your chat to auto-launch game and join whatever he's playing?

that already exists

Steam has that, though

lots of different niche routes you could go and even a tiny slice of that Steam pie will keep your company well fed

yeah I realized it probably does

but development depends on the gaming company using the API

not Discord

uhuh, and partnerships and sponsorships are a thing. All Discord really has to say "Steam takes 30% of the price? Integrate this feature and we'll do 20%. You can sell your game on Steam too, we don't mind."

Yeah, I'm not disagreeing, there's just more to it than that

It could get going, but let's not act like it's an obvious business proposition

Many have tried and failed

@velvitonator Discord has data on all games people play

Steam afaik only has data on games on their platform

it is the obvious step to take

Discord only has data on Discord users, and those that actually use it in the right way

they also don't lose anything

That is likely a small fraction of Steam's data

you only need to have Discord active. As you use discord for everything. It has data on all games you play with it on

Belial back to the previous discussion, if you try searching or googling for terms like "Why did Discord get so popular", all that's really mentioned is that it's a lightweight (i.e. good) platform, and that it was advertised on Twitch. Nothing about lack of censorship so far like you claimed, no matter if I'm looking on Reddit, Quora, or some random forum

hell... hearing Discord sounds on youtube videos is now the norm, even

@Crow leddit and quota are lefty

the common ledditor wouldn't state lack of censorship as a plus

and the forums? those are lefty too right?

but it's there

This is all pretty much assertion

what do you think that happens in Discord servers from twitch streamers?

let me rephrase... why do you use this Discord Server?

this isn't a gaming server

this is for political discussion, mostly

in any case, since the top results for the terms I tried on both DuckDuckGo and Google mention good platform and good marketing as the primary causes of popularity, and these search results by definition are the most popular search results, it looks pretty clear-cut to me