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Comment on Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee"

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masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Vale literally and probably does and has. 30% of revenue is not a reasonable fee for basically anything. That’s a Mafia markup.

Like lmfao, it takes dozens to hundred of devs like 5-7 years to make a game like Baldur’s Gate, and you think that Valve deserves 30% of all of their sales for managing the same basic storefront they built 20 years ago.

That’s absurd.

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nednobbins@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
“overcharge” is entirely in the eye of the purchaser not the devs. Given the difference in user experience between Steam and any other launcher (sadly even/especially GOG), Steam charges less than I’d be willing to pay.

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- masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  No, it’s a fucking monopoly 30% extortion fee.
  
  Like honestly, have you ever even contemplated running business in your life?
  
  What do you think you pay 30% of REVENUE for? Go ahead and list of out expenses for any normal business that chew up 30% of revenue. We’ll wait to see how comparable they are to the glory that is Steam’s two decade old launcher.
  
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  - deathmetal27@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    What exactly is the problem with the launcher? It works fine.
    
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    masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    How many people did it take to make Baldur’s Gate?
    
    Do you think it took Valve 30% of that number to maintain steam during that time?
    
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