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I know from experience valve coerces developers into participating in their sale events, basically saying there game won’t get promoted on the store or in searches unless they agree to sales.

Which considering they already take a massive 30% cut of developers earnings, is very scummy. Lots of indie Devs that already struggle to make money and already sell their games for super cheap are basically forced to cut their profits even further just to get some visibility on the platform.

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mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

basically saying there game won’t get promoted on the store or in searches unless they agree to sales.

I’m very skeptical of that. The Factorio devs famously refuse to ever put the game on sale, and has even increased the price over time to account for inflation. Yet they’re one of the most popular games on Steam

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- gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah they are the notable exception. 99% of I die devs aren’t that lucky.
  
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  - mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Got any proof to back up your claims?
    
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    gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    What kind of proof do you want?
    
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Datz@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I believe you, but they were asking for proof. Sources.

If 30% is massive, what do you propose the cut be? Epic said their 12% cut was unsustainable already.
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