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nednobbins@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

That’s a completely irrelevant number.

I have no idea how many devs worked on BG3 and that number has 0 impact on my enjoyment of the game. Given the number of hours I spent playing BG3, the price made it one of the cheapest forms of entertainment available.

And, as a developer, I really don’t care how much companies pay to marketing vendors. Developer pay is generally negotiated when you’re hired. I haven’t worked in B2C but, as I understand it, they usually pay bonuses on sales volume rather than profits.

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masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Whoosh.

You seem to have completely missed the point that Valve does not deserve 1/3 of all gaming revenue for running an automated digital store.

And, as a developer, I really don’t care how much companies pay to marketing vendors. Developer pay is generally negotiated when you’re hired. I haven’t worked in B2C but, as I understand it, they usually pay bonuses on sales volume rather than profits.

Honestly what are you even trying to say here? That because you write B2B software on a salaried basis, that that means that an indie game dev doesn’t care whether or not Valve takes 30% of all of their revenue?

Like no shit sherlock, thats a matter of you being a salaried employee. If you owned your own company you would very much care about a middle making taking 1/3 off the top.

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