Steam provides much more than just a store. Having to print, burn, deliver and sell physical CDs is not cheap. Nor is the service Steam provides that physical discs wont. Also, did you pass over the fact that PS, Xbox, Nintendo, Apple and Google also have charged 30% for their online stores?
Anyone can go get free games at Epic and be happy they save 100% cash on their games. and that is why Epic’s user base grew 173% withing last 6 years but with 1.6% revenue growth. If this doesn’t make you realize that we pay for a good service, then nothing will.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
PlayStation and Xbox subsidize the cost of the console.
Apple and Google have been having their 30% fees (and the monopolies that allow them) struck down by courts and competition regulators around the world.
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
Valve is subsidizing their services that they provide to gamers.
They have 15% since 2020 or so. As far as I understood, Apple got sued, then changed the cut% and Google followed shortly after to avoid getting sued. Once app earns more than $1 million, it gets 30% cut again.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
Lmfao. No they are not.
They are the most profitable company tech company per employee, of any tech company. That’s profit, as in revenue - expenses.
Nikelui@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
They are also known for not hiring in excess, which leads to company bloat and massive layoff years down the road?