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I’m talking about the fact that when your pc stops working, valve does not replace it or repair it like all those other 30% stores do. You build or buy your pc elsewhere and steam doesn’t warranty the motherboard, cpu, ram, gpu or any other aspect of the machine running the game.
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Replying to @spaghettiartist @privateboi69 and
Conversely, Sony and ms and Nintendo and Apple and Samsung all sell their devices at the lowest they can, especially in the case of the consoles, which are often sold at a loss, relying on software sales to make up the difference. Steam just installs to your pc and takes the pay.
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Replying to @spaghettiartist @privateboi69 and
All of steam’s features are a very small cost, and the company is extremely - extremely - small in comparison to Sony or Ms or Nintendo, with about 350 employees, while the console makers have more than that on tech support alone, let alone all of the other departments.
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Replying to @spaghettiartist @privateboi69 and
When you see an ad that says Xbox or PS4 for a game coming out, guess who paid for that ad. It advertises to all the game is releasing to, but the company whose logo is in there, is who paid for it. When is the last time you saw Gabe paint a building in LA or run a Super Bowl ad?
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Replying to @spaghettiartist @privateboi69 and
Therefore, with just these few examples, with just this tip of the iceberg to consider, valve’s 30% is egregious and absurd.
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Replying to @spaghettiartist @privateboi69 and
@TimSweeneyEpic you wanna add anything to this or correct anything? In case I have gotten anything wrong here?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @spaghettiartist @privateboi69 and
Agreed, the costs of running a PC store aren’t comparable to the costs of running an entire console platform that uses software revenue to subsidize marketing and often subsidize hardware.
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @spaghettiartist and
What are your thought if we compare Play Store and Valve ? They took 30% each one but I (only my feeling) think that Play store doesn't do much more than storage, bandwith and some "protection".
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Replying to @JK1412 @TimSweeneyEpic and
Play store, like Steam, may be doing the “they charge 30 so we will too” thing. Or, chrome books and pixel may be very costly for them, and they do have a massive bandwidth bill. I don’t know enough to have an opinion on them directly there, I would like more information as well.
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I agree that 30% store fees on smartphones are not justified by the business models of those platforms, but arise from the structural lack of store competition on those platforms.
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Replying to @spaghettiartist @TimSweeneyEpic and
Aite here's something for you. Why don't you guys tackle DOLBY, AMD/NVIDIA, or other Engines that take a % off the top of every sale. Or the publishers for underpaying devs, while forcing them to crunch. Like in the gaming industry, Steam isn't that big of a deal compared to that
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