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When the 30% fee gets lowered prices won’t come down. The market has already shown that consumers are willing to pay for the games at the current price level. Publishers will just pocket the increased revenue, instead of passing it on to the consumer.

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Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
It means more money going to indie devs instead of Gabe’s pocket.

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- Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  30% is what everyone charge right?
  
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  - Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Literally no. Lol. But even if it was that doesn’t change the point, everyone doing it doesn’t mean it’s a fair price
    
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    mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    There’s a cost to maintaoning infrastructure, and EGS is laying off employees because their 12% cut isn’t sustainable.
    
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- SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  True, but that’s not the goal of this initiative
  
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