jamesworkshop said:
Steams monopoly of the Digital distribution market.
I can see where you're coming from, in that more and more games use Steamworks.
However. I mostly buy my games from Direct2Drive, because they're commonly more than 40% cheaper than Steam.
Sure, the game I may buy still links itself to my Steam account during installation, and if I ever need to reinstall it I can re-DL it from Steam.
But I didn't pay Valve. I paid IGN.
As a sidenote, Steam used to be my go-to games market, but in recent years the competition has gotten so much cheaper that it's only worth checking the Steam shelves when there's a January sale.