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Basically every other comparable store charges the exact same 30% rate Google, Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo The ones that don't just prove that charging
by fooey 5y ago
Basically every other comparable store charges the exact same 30% rate
Google, Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo
The ones that don't just prove that charging a lower rate doesn't actually change the price the consumer pays in any way.
- ginko 5y agoThey should be forced to open up as well. The whole software platform business model needs to die.
- tompazourek 5y agoJust because you don't like it, it should be forced to die? You know there are people happy with the way it is...
- ArkanExplorer 5y agoGoogle charges 15% <$1million Steam charges 20-30% depending on how big you are, and probably has a sweatheart deal with EA. Xbox and Playstation offer subsidised hardware and arguably have a 0% rate given that so many titles are published in-house. Nintendo offers an effective 25% rate as 5% of spend is rebated to customers' wallets. Microsoft charges 12% Epic charges 12%
- ace2358 5y agoAre the different rates reflected in the prices on the store or does the customer pay the same price irrespective of the cut taken by the platform?
- ArkanExplorer 5y agoThe different rates are reflected in the burnout, low pay, bankruptcy and failure - or the opposite - of the developers who launch on them. Right now for example its basically impossible to make a reliable income just from PC, for the average solo developer or micro-studio, due to the insanely high 30% commission taken by Steam. Its necessary to launch cross-platform onto consoles, and optimizing the graphics and control schemes for these devices means that PC is not the focus.