• masterspace@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Another thread where gamers praise Valve for ripping them off for years, and think Tim Sweeney is the devil for trying to break into the market.

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      2 days ago

      You can break into the market without exclusivity deals. It helps to have a reason outside of “we want da valve money pls”

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        1 day ago

        Given that they offer half the fees of Valve, it’s more like 'we don’t want to keep having to pay Valve 30% of our entire Revenue on every game we want to sell when we can make a profit running a store that charged half as much.

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          1 day ago

          Good thing that most publishers don’t pay 30% on Steam, they get a better deal the more they sell. And Valve does a lot to help games sell better, such as not having an awful client.