I think it’s a money thing. Releasing a game on steam costs developers money.
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technomad@slrpnk.net 5 months agoWrong. I never said I wanted it to be exclusive on Steam, I just want it to be available on there as well.
Why is Steam pretty much the only one it’s not available on? The fact that it’s on so many other platforms just makes this exclusion even more illogical.
FlorianSimon@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
technomad@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
It’s definitely a money thing, but I don’t think it’s in the way that you are suggesting. I think it’s a matter of them making more money (somehow) by excluding Steam. That’s pretty much the only platform it’s not available on.
Marsupial@quokk.au 5 months ago
Ubisoft are a poor struggling indie company after all.
FlorianSimon@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Keep that snark for yourself. No need to be an asshole.
If you’re going to be so aggressive, at least try to be correct. Ubi not being indie doesn’t mean they’re willing to pay the 30% fee Steam asks gamedevs on sales, which amounts to a lot of money at the end or the day at that scale. We’re talking hundreds of thousands of copies sold.
That, and POP is not an Epic exclusive. It’s on Ubisoft’s own launcher.
Marsupial@quokk.au 5 months ago
Grow the fuck up you child. A bit of sarcasm and you’re crying about “aggressive”?
cottonmon@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Definitely greed, Ubisoft did the same thing in 2019 because they didn’t want to pay Steams 30% cut.