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.
nednobbins@lemmy.zip 3 weeks 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.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 3 weeks 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.
nednobbins@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
You seem to be operating under some notion that particular work deserves a particular amount of pay. That’s backwards. People pay for what they get, not for what the seller’s cost of goods.
We know that Larian is doing very well financially. Their devs are happy and well paid.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
You seem to be operating with no knowledge of how capitalism is supposed to work. I’m the long run competition amongst consumer options forces companies to drive prices down to ~ costs + a reasonable margin.
Where that doesn’t happen is in cases of monopolies, monopsonies, oligopolies, and generally in areas where there is a lack of competition.
Like in the case of Valve’s effective PC gaming monopoly and gamer’s dumbass insistence on defending it.
So the fuck what? You think every developer is? You think Larian wouldn’t appreciate 30% of all of their sales money not going straight to Valve for doing jack shit?
deathmetal27@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What exactly is the problem with the launcher? It works fine.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 3 weeks 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?