Valve's Steam Network Is Down [UPDATE]

@alekseyevichgargarin: Oh I know how dominant they want to be. I worked for them for over a year... I think MS is going down.

@pongley: Good point. I'm just wondering why other companies are not as good as Valve is. Let's forget the laws for a second... as a consumer, I'd like to have alternatives, but I just don't have them right now.

@rhenom: Yes I'm beating myself up over saying "anti-trust laws". What I really meant to say is that there should be healthy competition period. As of now, I have downloaded all of these "competitors" but they just don't have the high quantity and variety that Valve has.

@Mausthemighty: Well they actually are wiping the floor with the other guys. Had you the choice of choosing a single platform, there's no doubt in my mind that people would choose Steam. Also, Steam has plenty of rocking games, so I wouldn't really say it's shovelware.

@rolento25: Amen to that (sorry God). I game on Steam exclusively... You mean they made half life 2? That's huge. Unfortunately for me, Blizzard is doing their own exclusive thing and I can't play Overwatch or WoW or diablo 3 and StarCraft 2. I think Blizz though is an exception. Also EA. These are the only exceptions. That's my opinion. These companies would get a lot of buyers if they submit to Valve.

@xantufrog: No... I love Valve and Steam. I just don't like it that when they go down, that I can't buy the games offered by them that I want, from other companies. I shouldn't have used the words "anti-trust" and "legally" because Steam knows what they're doing and they're obviously not breaking the law. The fact remains though, that other companies need to get their crap straight and start providing alternatives. It's a hungry market and no one dares to stand up to Steam... Hey, you know what? This should be a wake up call for other companies. The demand is there, but the supply isn't.