>>14924364
he's correct in that valve popularised many of the trends
>DRM platform
Digital distribution platforms existed beforehand but none came close to being as successful as Steam
>cosmetics such as hats
again, existed for a long time beforehand but valve pushed it and it become a standard feature in games more or less
>RNG chests
above
>episodic content
well that was was a disaster, even before valve, but yeah… FF7 remake being split into episodes is such a bad meme
>auto updates with little way to rollback
this is the biggest cancer of them all, it directly opposes archival and preservation. This is most likely one of the overarching corporate plans even before valve existed, but they show as hell showed them all the way.