Except that’s also a lie. Steam does keep a higher percentage of the sales price for itself than Epic does, but it also allows people to activate game keys without taking any money. Steam only makes money from games sold on Steam itself. So developers can sell games through other stores and even through their own website, and keep up to 100% of the sales price. Effectively, this means that Steam takes roughly the same amount of money that Epic does, or in some cases even less probably.
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Noerknhar@feddit.org 13 hours ago
Honestly, haters gonna hate.
I don’t care about features, I care about a good price. If the game is cheaper on Epic, I buy it there.
People should like Epic for giving more money to developers than Steam.
Overspark@feddit.nl 12 hours ago
Noerknhar@feddit.org 12 hours ago
They don’t get a cut from keys, yes, but the magnitude of all this is an assumption for which I haven’t seen a credible source yet.
Without putting these amounts in perspective, “that’s a lie” is quite a bold statement.
Overspark@feddit.nl 11 hours ago
This isn’t public data unfortunately, devs with a game on both platforms are the only ones who can tell us where they earn more. However, I did once read an article that claimed the effective cut from Steam is about half what it says on the tin IF the devs (or their publisher) put in enough effort themselves. Because that’s who decides this, Steam doesn’t have and doesn’t want any control over this.
drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
They give more money to publishers* That may or may not translate to more money to developers, but seeing how the industry is going, I’m more inclined to believe devs don’t see a cent from the extra cut in most cases.