Comment Re:What exactly is "Steam" anyway? (Score 2) 158
Steam does a great job of managing installation and syncing across devices.
As a user it makes the game experience so much nicer than selling me a download of a game.
I've never had issues getting games from steam to run (assuming my computer was capable), even old ones. For most games my saves exist across all my devices, and I can easily uninstall a game for space and install it again later.
Steam also provides a forum for discussion with other users, guides, and game news.
It's significantly more than a store front and your new store of curated games would be a hard sell for me vs just following a few reviewers.
Steam also has the advantage of big data to give me recommendations.
I'm all for curated stores in general (and use them even), but Steam offers more than just a store front, it'd be hard to break into.
I'm lazy too, steam already has all my games, I don't want a second launcher to browse and run my games from.