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Indie developer behind 'Overwhelmingly Positive' rated shipbuilder argues that Steam's "free advertising" is worth the 30% cut (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

30% seems rather high

but... when they handle payments, refunds, advertising (within their application) and game download costs (server infrastructure?), etc etc etc. it doesnt seem that crazy.

at least, for a lot of indie developers, not having to worry about those things, might easily be worth those 30%

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not to mention the reviews, community hubs, workshop, video streaming and recording, controller support, cloud saves, family sharing.

30% may be a lot, but it's not like they're just sitting on it.

EA and Ubisoft don't offer (most of) those features with their launchers where they do get the full proceeds.