▲ 162 ▼ Steam sales reportedly topped $11 billion during H1 2026 due to shifting trends — staggering growth driven by influx of Chinese players and booming legacy catalogues (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 2 weeks ago by mereo@piefed.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) Doesn't Tencent also have a stake in Reddit? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago Yes they do and they have a stake in a lot of tech related things. I’d recommend a Wikipedia read on them at some point. permalink fedilink source parent [–] aceslip@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 weeks ago I honestly couldn’t say. But it would explain the rapid enshitifaction and shift in culture there. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago Yes they do and they have a stake in a lot of tech related things. I’d recommend a Wikipedia read on them at some point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aceslip@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 weeks ago I honestly couldn’t say. But it would explain the rapid enshitifaction and shift in culture there. permalink fedilink source parent