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> When it launched all I can remember from the press was ‘steam takes too much money from developers and we will take less’. In an ideal world, that means Devs
by saidinesh5 3y ago
> When it launched all I can remember from the press was ‘steam takes too much money from developers and we will take less’.
In an ideal world, that means Devs would've been able to pass those savings to end users and Epic could've competed on at least game prices.
Not sure if it is some price parity rule by steam (there was a lawsuit) or something else, this hasn't happened so far..
- jackvalentine 3y agoThe publishers are just pocketing the extra cash, and why wouldn't they? Looks like even in situations where Steam isn't in play (Epic/Console exclusive games) the publishers just sell it at the same price as other platforms that take more of a cut: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/05/why-lower-platform-fees-dont-lead-to-lower-prices-on-the-epic-games-store/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/05/why-lower-platform-fe...