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Apart from running gambling for children (pretty hefty thing to put aside, but still), what do you mean?
They basically take away most of the profit margin of games created by studios. 30% is a huge cut for a virtual storefront. A single medium studios usually employ more people than steam as a whole.
Don't Sony, MS and Nintendo take the same 30% cut from third-party games sold on their platforms?
It doesn't really seem to be publicly verifiable, but if this article is to be believed, then yes. Would be kind of weird if they wouldn't either, since selling games is their business too, and they have to compete with Steam / PC.
Whataboutism. The fact that someone is a POS doesn't justify you being one. But if you really want to compare, they all have major studios under their wing and thousands of employees (sub 300 for steam). Epic also only takes 12%, and GOG let's you actually own your games, DRM free (your steam library dies with you). I'm not defending any of these stores, just pointing out that steam isn't the good guy gamers think they are. They care about profit, that's it, yet any critisism is met with an army of gamers ready to give their life for capitalist selfish business.
That is not a whataboutism. The claim was "30% is a huge cut for a virtual storefront". The only way to qualify that comparison is to look at other virtual storefronts for games. If you have other cases of comparison to give apart from Sony, MS, and Nintendo, I'm open to look at them. Epic, so far, is a bit of a standout with its pricing.
Yeah let's ignore Epic, just because .
And let's also ignore the kid gambling epidemic created by Valve.
And let's ignore the fact that you don't own your steam games, but send death treath to Ubisoft if they say the same.
BTW, Sony, MS and Nintendo all suck, but at least they create jobs for devs.
This isn't really a problem though, more a consideration or trade off. If Valve's services are worth that 30% cut, because you reach more people or don't have to make other costs that would dwarf the cut, it's worth it. Nobody's forcing companies to sign up with Steam, other than indirectly because it turns out doing so is a sensible deal.