Comment on Dutch gamers file €220 million claim against Valve, operator of game platform Steam

• Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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    • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If 30% was the cost gabe wouldn’t have a yacht collection.

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    • HailSeitan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Stop defending billionaires, the infrastructure costs are a small fraction of the fees they charge

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      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Seeing as Epic is losing money with a 12% cut, and Steam actually goes down to 20% if you sell enough units, your case doesn’t seem particularly good.

        Also, Valve is funneling a ton of money into Linux gaming, especially into open source software. That’s infrastructure. And some of it is infrastructure that won’t go away if Valve goes bankrupt or enshittifies

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