Comment on Arch Linux and Valve Collaboration
pivot_root@lemmy.world 16 hours agoAt the expense of literally every single game player
How is it at the expense of the game player? Even if they paid less, the publisher and developers aren’t going to pass the savings on to the consumer. That’s wishful thinking in the same vain as hoping Starbucks would make their drinks cheaper because their rent went down.
If anything, one can argue that the 30% fee shelled out by the publisher pays for the various nice-to-haves that players get on Steam, like: a functional review system, free cloud save syncing, the workshop, game discussion forum, game streaming, Steam input (which is a godsend for accessibility), etc.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
This is the most dumbass asinine defense. So now you’re pro landlord rent gouging?
Jesus fucking Christ how are people upvoting this flat out landlord simping crap.
It does not fucking matter if Ubisoft remains greedy. Every single independent self publishing dev gets 15% more money.
The fucking fact that you brought up landlords rent seeking as a non issue is the dumbest fucking thing I’ve ever heard.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Steam has what nobody else does and the only thing I pay for are games that are mostly on sale or from a keys site. It seems you have an extremely biased view, it seems om average Valve employees make about 107k or something close to that. They’re certainly far from a terrible company like Nestle.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
Try clicking past the firstcreudlt next time you “research” something to prove ho unbiased you are:
upptic.com/valve-structure-employment-numbers-rev…
Also, stop dick riding corporations.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 18 minutes ago
Revenue per employee is not that employee’s salary. Pick your jaw up from your keyboard the next time you are insulting me.