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> Microsoft is throwing the towel and bowing to Steam's cartelish 30% I would be quite surprised to hear that Microsoft didn't cut some sort of Very Good Deal
by bastawhiz 5y ago
> Microsoft is throwing the towel and bowing to Steam's cartelish 30%
I would be quite surprised to hear that Microsoft didn't cut some sort of Very Good Deal with Valve.
- BbzzbB 5y agoI was late to edit the mistake but I learned there are known tiers, so FWIW a Bethesda would at most be paying 20% (>$50M), if not less with a private deal.
- notafraudster 5y agoOf course they also pay nowhere near 20% since they also do a significant amount of sales — often around 30% — via Steam keys sold on third party sites (Humble, GMG, Fanatical, etc.) which Valve forgoes all commission on. My guess is most large publishers are paying Valve in the order of 13-15%