• Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    30% seems rather high

    but… when they handle payments, refunds, advertising (within their application) and game download costs (server infrastructure?), etc etc etc. it doesnt seem that crazy.

    at least, for a lot of indie developers, not having to worry about those things, might easily be worth those 30%

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      3 months ago

      Not to mention the reviews, community hubs, workshop, video streaming and recording, controller support, cloud saves, family sharing.

      30% may be a lot, but it’s not like they’re just sitting on it.

      EA and Ubisoft don’t offer (most of) those features with their launchers where they do get the full proceeds.