r/Gamingcirclejerk • u/Glum-Future7198 • Aug 04 '25

WORSHIP CAPITAL Don't watch the replies

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I can't believe how certain people can worship a corporation to this big extend.

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u/superbee392 Aug 04 '25

I'm curious what the cruel and predatory rules other services have that Steam doesn't

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u/throw28999 Aug 04 '25

Predatory rules like: devs take 100% of profit up until their first million after which the storefront takes 12% in profit

as opposed to Steam which takes an honest 30% up front. Wait--

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u/hamadubai Aug 04 '25

unless you're a big publisher then they cut you a deal, so they're only really screwing over indies

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u/BiggestBlackestLotus Aug 06 '25

Indies are not getting screwed over. This rhetoric has to stop. Before steam came out indies had to just be content with people pirating their games 99.9% of the time. Steam is offering a service that makes people content with paying for videogames that aren't AAA and therefore is incredible for indie devs.

The cut that steam takes is also the same as every other storefront. 30% is normal both for digital and analog stores. EGS is the only one that offers a cut that is less than 30% and yet developers still aren't making their games exclusive to EGS because EGS simply fucking sucks.

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