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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)
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[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

All of the things I'm talking about are hard prerequisites to those markets existing at all, they're things no one else ever tried to do, and they're things that PC gaming would be in far worse shape if someone like Epic had done first, because unlike Steam, it's a literal certainty that they'd abuse them.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

they’re things no one else ever tried to do

Check.

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