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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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[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

"Steam will probably still outsell everything else combined by 100x"

Yeah, it's a monopoly.

That's not a complaint. It's not a value judgement. People think the word is automatically negative or criminal, because of how often that market power gets abused - but it is just the label for having that market power. Valve is not a trust. Valve does not do any anti-competitive practices. (Their 30% cut is obscene, but it's the same obscenity demanded by other monopoly storefronts.) Nonetheless, company after company keeps saying:

This store is the only store that really matters.

If you're not on this store, you're probably fucked.

We have a word for that.

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

On top of that, say it is a negative thing right? The hell are we going to do about it, they're not like Microsoft where they have a crap ton of different divisions that they specialize in.

Their dominance in the market is due to their business choices where they Supply the product of that consumers wanted that no other competitor is willing to bring to the table,

they offer:

  • a review/rating system
  • a storefront that regularly gives damn good deals
  • a mod workshop
  • insane Linux support via proton
  • a friend system that integrates with the games itself up to stream share and remote play capability
  • a achievement system
  • a discussion board
  • a cosmetic and badge system to encourage people to buy and trade

The closest I've seen any other company do for that is epic but they actively shoot themselves in the foot with linux, their deals are absolute shit and while they give consistent free games out their feature set is super lackluster to even EA's launcher.

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