ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agoThat lawsuit against Steam’s 30% cut of game sales is now a class action, meaning many other developers could benefitwww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square292fedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down127cross-posted to: gaming
arrow-up1287arrow-down1external-linkThat lawsuit against Steam’s 30% cut of game sales is now a class action, meaning many other developers could benefitwww.rockpapershotgun.comByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square292fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming
minus-squareRealitaetsverlustlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoWell I’d also profit if groceries wouldn’t have doubled in price but we can’t all have what we want. I can only repeat myself: Paying steam 30% of your revenue is next to nothing compared to what publishers are usually taking from an indie dev.
minus-squareano_ba_to@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoAre all publishers like that, to all devs? You and I can’t say. If all the money goes to Steam, it is a blackhole for the money. It is money that doesn’t go into the development and marketing of a game.
Well I’d also profit if groceries wouldn’t have doubled in price but we can’t all have what we want.
I can only repeat myself: Paying steam 30% of your revenue is next to nothing compared to what publishers are usually taking from an indie dev.
Are all publishers like that, to all devs? You and I can’t say. If all the money goes to Steam, it is a blackhole for the money. It is money that doesn’t go into the development and marketing of a game.