Yes, developers are also victims of this monopoly. It’s obviously better (“worth it”) to pay 30% for visibility on the biggest marketplace.
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rtxn@lemmy.world 5 months agoAfter that well-informed take, listen to an actual indie developer talk about why the 30% is worth it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwoAmifo9r0
misk@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
ProxyZeus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They also maintain file hosting for saves, game versions and a lot of useful apis for games partner.steamgames.com/doc/features
misk@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Yes, it’s a nice cage.
Kedly@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Enjoy accelerating late stage capitalism while pretending you’re against it because you’re incapable of seeing things outside of black and white thinking
Kedly@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Damn dude that link fuckin DESTROYS every braindead “b-b-but STEAMS MONOPOLY!!!” arguement I’ve seen uttered by idiots who want to bring late stage capitalism to the PC marketplace just so they can pretend they stood up to a company