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Google 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 subsid
by ArkanExplorer 5y ago
Google 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.