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Indie developer behind 'Overwhelmingly Positive' rated shipbuilder argues that Steam's "free advertising" is worth the 30% cut (www.gamesradar.com)
submitted 3 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world 87 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Is this controversial? You're paying for the storefront.

[–] YourPrivatHater@ani.social 68 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You aren't even paying anything, you literally just give them a cut of your turnover when you don't sell anything they carry the costs of it.

[–] UxyIVrljPeRl@lemmy.world 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You give them a cut of the turnover on their site(steam). Important distinction. A developer can generate steam keys for free and sell them elswhere, as long as the price is the same as on steam.

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wait really? Are they just ok with losing the cut from sales?

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes although they are being sued by developers for not being allowed to sell the keys at a lower price.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

As I understand it the issue is actually that people weren't allowed to sell their game for less on other platforms, but they weren't necessarily trying to sell Steam keys.

[–] UxyIVrljPeRl@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yes they are.