When it comes to Steam, the fact they're leading with Overwatch 2 is.unsurprising. It wasn't that long ago that others, including both Ubisoft and Microsoft have realizing that releasing their games on Steam as an option is far better than not between both Steam's userbase and its features. BattleNet was mostly a first-party launcher without a lot of extraneous "lets become a platform for all kinds of 3rd party stuff for no good reason" stuff, so it was far from the worst. However, I have to mention that Blizz has been consistent in either launching directly and/or using their BattleNet launcher for years, but it has expanded a bit under the Activision era to encompass other titles including Call of Duty and the like. Not counting the open source/libre "meta launchers" like Playnite, Heroic, or Lutris etc) so getting away from everyone pushing their own launcher and network for everything is a step in the right direction. Steam is one of the only store/launcher platforms I actually choose to use (along with Itch, on occasion. In an of itself, this is a potential benefit.
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