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I don't think Steam's cut is fair. Epic's cut is 12% and provide the damn game engine.
by bananaface 6y ago
I don't think Steam's cut is fair. Epic's cut is 12% and provide the damn game engine.
- yvdriess 6y agoSteam provides loads of functionality and APIs to developers that is simply not on Epic's storefront: the best controller API out there, networking/server API infrastructure, achievements, friends-list, group chat/voice, a storefront to help people find games, an extensive patching and versioning system, everything is cross-platform and most windows games automatically work on windows thanks to Proton. It's good that Steam has competition! And I wish Epic's was competing on features, but at the moment their platform only competes by having a lower cut and payed exclusives only. The only benefit to users has been that Epic funded certain games that would otherwise might not have happened.
- bananaface 6y agoI don't buy that, because most developers would roll each of those features on their own if it meant they could reduce the cut. I get what you're saying, but I think companies monopolising eyeballs then charging you an entry fee is... Kinda bull. Skimming is fine, but I want their margins to be tiny.