An Architect of GameStop's Long-Forgotten Steam Competitor Explains Why He Thinks Valve Came Out on Top: 'What Steam Did Better than Anybody Else Was to Create a Community'

"Gabe really had a great vision": Steam became a PC gaming cornerstone because Valve built a community with "stickiness," says Nightdive chief who worked on GameStop's Steam competitor

"What Steam did better than anybody else was to create a community"

An architect of GameStop's long-forgotten Steam competitor explains why he thinks Valve came out on top: 'What Steam did better than anybody else was to create a community'

In hindsight, who would have guessed that Valve would win against the likes of Microsoft, EA, or Ubisoft?