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Ubisoft comes crawlin' back to Steam (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Well I guess I'll just stop buying things then because all Im doing is contributing to some billionaire's cocaine fund. This is capitalism. I learned to live with it. When the time comes to sieze the means of production and give power back to the proletariat, I'll be there to help. Until then, I'd rather give Gabe my money so he can shove more ships up his ass than give it to Sweeney because at least Gabe will throw a penny back into linux gaming. Ill take the crumbs if I can get them because Im not a 21 year old student with a burning desire to change the system anymore.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works -1 points 8 months ago

There's a difference between dealing with it and defending it, you're doing the latter by saying 30% is ok because reasons.

[-] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

And those "reasons" were plentiful. Most importantly is their market share. From a purely business perspective, if a distributor has 200% more users and charges 100% more while offering the same features, they will be the better choice - purely from en economical perspective. 30% is ok because you will reach a larger audience and if so many publishers disagreed with Steam's cut, they wouldnt all come crawlin' back would they? In other words, the market dictates the price and the market has decided that price is 30%. It doesnt matter who does or doesnt defend it. Thats what it is.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works -1 points 8 months ago

As to why I dont mind the fee as a consumer; valve invests its earnings into linux gaming and does cool shit like that.

You're also talking like they wouldn't have as many customers if they reduced their cut which is completely ridiculous. More profit would go to the people actually doing the work or prices would go down.

Stop defending the billionaire, you're making a fool of yourself.

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