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brachiosaurus@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

So what?

So if you release a game on steam not only you are promoting a centralized closed platform owned by a billionare but there’s a good chance you are not getting much in return.

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SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Good chance if your game didn’t do well on Steam that you didn’t make a good game that has high product-market fit in the first place and didn’t promote it properly. We are now in an era where indie devs have become millionaires from their games. And I’m not just talking about Edmund McMillen and Johnathan Blow. Go back to the days of brick and mortar retail and that was nigh impossible when a small studio would earn pennies on the dollar for every sold unit.

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