Comment on Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything

• Lyricism6055@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It costs a LOT to build a global cdn with the uptime steam has. That 30% is totally justified as a platform fee imo

  Especially now with cloud storage and software development costs being so high.

  I mean I see your point for sure, but I also see why consistency matters too. Why would valve “punish” someone for doing well? Those big titles are also great for revenue on their side too so honestly selling more units would be even more justifiable to lower the revenue split (from a business perspective on valves side)

  Idk. Just thinking out loud I guess.

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  • hirihit640@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That 30% is totally justified as a platform fee imo

    and yet everybody hates on Apple’s 30% cut…

    Why would valve “punish” someone for doing well?

    maybe it could be like how rich people are taxed more? (at least if rich people paid their taxes in the first place)

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    • Adalast@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t personally hate on Apple’s 30%. I hate on Apple’s predatory licensing practices which demand an upfront expenditure before the first unit sells at all.

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• atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Would a decentralized version of Steam do that?

  Is that 30% the bulk of Valve’s profit?

  What do Indie developers get in exchange for Valve’s 30% cut on Steam that they don’t get elsewhere that charges 30% or charges less of a percentage?

  So could physical retailers, so how’s that working out?

  I’m not going to say they can’t do that. It’s not a bad suggestion but it seems to be suggested continually in a vacuum without considering other factors.

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  • Rooster326@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Decentralized

    Imagine paying $60 for a game and then finding out the torrent is dead.

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