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Right, because managing, securing, updating, and operating steam is all black magic that costs valve nothing.
Listen, they need that revenue for their R&D for the steam deck 2 and steam machines and shit. Fuck off ya hoser, eh?
How about you fuck off defending the mafioso vig that Apple, Google, and Valve have extorted from game developers for years, you monopoly bootlicker?
FYI: Games like Ready or not have started the early access outside of Steam.
So if you advertise your game properly, you can make it as well. Just need to work on your discoverability.
But Steam makes it way easier.
So either go with Steam, Epic, GOG, Itch.io or any other store.
No need to fixate on only steam
Nobody is forced to use any of those platforms.
You're the one licking the boot of developers who just want to profit off of your stupidity.
Aw, those poor hardworking app stores with their razor-thin ::checks notes:: 78% profit margins
You're a useful idiot.
Says the wanker defending billionaires’ profit margins
I'm not defending anyone.
I'm calling stupidity out for what it is.
Well I suppose at least it's subject matter related, unlike when he usually opens his mouth.
Tim's opinion is clearly unbiased.
Well Timmy that should make it pretty easy to make a platform that both users and content producers like more. If you actually try to compete you might accomplish something.
It won't change the fact that no one wants to use your product, Tim.
It's not about the epic store being a success. It's about getting fortnite on steam with little to no fees being paid to steam. Just like the lawsuit against apple.
Wait...
People still play Fortnite?
Right this minute, if Fortnite players were all on Steam it'd be the #2 most popular game there, with a 24hr peak easily hitting #1. I'm not a fan of Tim either, but the game is still massively popular.
Like gangbusters.
How does he not know that this is obviously admitting defeat? It reeks of desperation.
This is like Drake being so humiliated by Kendrick Lamar that he sued his own record label.
Tim Sweeney supports a lawsuit against Valve?!?!
I'm shocked.
In other news, Pepsi agrees with the claims against coca cola
If the majority of developers gave a shit about the difference between Valve's 30% and EGS's 10 or 15% cut, you'd think they'd actually be going over there. But they're not. If anything, they put their game out everywhere. So clearly the 30% cut thing isn't a problem. The only devs they are coaxing over to EGS over Steam are the ones they strike up exclusivity deals with, which is anti-competitive bullshit.
Sounds like a long winded way to say you don’t understand network effects or monopolies
Complaining about Valve bootlickers while being an Epic bootlicker :D
How do Tim Sweeny's balls taste? I imagine they're kinda sour, but I figured I might ask someone who clearly has them in their mouth.
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If you don’t like it, you don’t have to use it. You got your own store, Timmy.
It isn't fair that their store is vastly superior to mine and don't pay developers to use it exclusively like we do! - little timmy wah wah boo hoo
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Tim, something, something about preventing games from being released on other storefronts...
This is about micro-transactions specifically. Tim Fortnite is arguing that games sold on Steam should be able to offer in-game purchases with payment options outside of Steam.
It’s very similar to Epic Games v. Apple, where Apple had required in-app purchases for iOS apps, notably Fortnite, to be handled through their app-store so they get a cut.
One big difference that I see here: On PC, a developer isn’t required to use Steam to distribute software. Players often prefer Steam because Valve has made Steam a great option and has lots of good-will with players. Still, Steam does dominate a massive portion of the PC market.
And a 30% cut is high. Especially for smaller games with less financial resources. As a developer, that’s a trade-off you’d have to choose. I think it’d be best to offer the game on multiple platforms.
For Steam-bought games, I think having an option to pay off-platform would be fair, but I think the option needs to remain available through Steam too. For many games, I don’t want to give my payment details to yet another developer, company or third-party.
And a 30% cut is high.
Is it? It's my understanding that it's comparable to what brick and mortar stores would charge to have a game on their shelves.
Also, anyone who thinks EGS will keep developer fees low if they had a higher marketshare is incredibly naive.
By what definition is the 30% cut high? It's the same percentage for Apple, Google, and Steam. Brick and mortar is generally around 50%. Amazon is a large range, but 30% is roughly average or even low. eBay charges less, but doesn't do anything other than facilitate the transaction. Epic charges less to small developers, but that's also mostly marketing.
It's not about the "cut" you're thinking; it refer to in-app purchases.
Once you bought a game, Valve keep demand a 30% cuts on anything you sell once the customer launch your executable (.exe, binary file/game engine).
hypothetical scenario to help visualize (it won't go like that most of the time, but useful to understand the concept):
- customer Install and Launch Steam
- customer buy (Valve earn 30% cutshare) and install game on Steam
- customer uninstall Steam, keep installed game
- customer launch game (if is made in a way don't need Steam dependencies).
- Anything sold while game engine is running must give 30%,of further earning, to Valve.
If a developer doesn't like those terms, can't they just remove their game from Steam or never release it there to begin with?
If a user doesn't like those terms, they don't have to buy the game.
Developers and users are voting with their wallets every day and the votes say Steam is worth the cost.
Hmm, so is Tim Fortnite willing to let me purchase DLC from a third party store to go with that free game that I got on Epic?
Still, Steam does dominate a massive portion of the PC market.
Steam revenue in 2023: USD 8.5 bn.
Overall PC gaming revenue that year: 45 bn.
Steam is big but the biggest cash cows are Fortnite, Roblox, and Minecraft. Neither is on Steam.
Also, Microsoft uses their Windows monopoly to ship the Xbox Games store to almost every PC user.
If Steam had a dominating market position, the EU would have classified it as a gate keeper under the Digital Markets Act.
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That's a funny way of asking people to uninstall Epic's game launcher & boycott their games.
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Of course he does 🙃
Oh this is the same guy who said it was censorship when people said that maybe Grok shouldn't create pictures of children in bikinis?
He's a slimeball.
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