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>>lopesp+(OP)
Problem is that everywhere is already someone else's kingdom. This advice amounts to "Don't bother trying to build a castle."

>>philip+po
Desktop computers still exist and will happily run games.

>>humble+Zo
Piracy and DRM killed most direct-to-customer distribution of software.

>>swagas+us
Valve Software got $8.6B in 2023.

>>whatsh+Iz
Steam has DRM.

>>BadHum+rG
Not always. There are plenty games that work without the Steam libraries. Also GOG exists and very healthy with explicit no DRM policy.

>>okanat+KI
GOG isn't exactly DRM-free these days. The platform doesn't add its own DRM, but it does distribute games with DRM elements. Their stance seems to be that, so long as the game is playable offline in single-player mode, it is acceptable.