24 years ago, Blizzard reportedly shot down a pitch to make its own version of Steam by turning Battle.net into "a digital store for a variety of PC games"
Meanwhile, Blizzard started bringing its games to Steam last year
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Update - October 15:Ina blog post, Blizzard veteran Patrick Wyatt clarified that “the original idea for Battle.net, the business model (free), the name Battle.net itself, and the original programming implementation, were all Mike O’Brien.” Likewise, the pitch to turn Battle.net into a digital for other PC games also came from O’Brien.
In another timeline, Blizzard may have its own version ofValve’s PC-dominating Steam store, but in our timeline it reportedly rejected a pitch back to expand its Battle.net launcher into a broader PC gaming storefront.
That’s according to a new report from Bloomberg reporter and Blood, Sweat, and Pixels author Jason Schreier, who, in his new bookPlay Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment(asPC Gamerspotted), writes that Blizzard considered a plan “to turn …
