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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 4 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[+] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone -8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's worth it if you're in the 1% of titles that succeed because of Steam. The next question is should any company have that kind of power. Steam's monopoly is a real problem. Microsoft had less of a monopoly on computers when they got investigated.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That's not true at all. Steam does a lot more than just list a title...and there is a ton of shit games that are put out there, they don't make it because they're shit, not because they're not part of some magical 1%. Tons and tons of indie games have made it because of steam. They akso don't have a monopoly, its just what most people use. There is still the epic market, itch.io, gog, humble, etc all of which you can choose to sell on or not.

[–] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's a de facto monopoly, just like windows was a de facto monopoly despite macos and Linux existing. There are plenty of good games that don't make it on Steam, and Valve does very little for the money.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I don't think you understand the level of requirement and cost to host and keep stable a system like steam does for no cost to the user.