Imagine a world where a game like Doom had more users than Windows itself. Gabe Newell, before founding Valve, saw this firsthand at Microsoft and realized the future was in how games reached players—not just the games themselves. This frustration with old-school software distribution led to Steam and Half-Life. Do you think modern platforms are still missing the next big shift, or did Valve set the gold standard? #Games #VideoGames #GamingHistory