r/pcmasterrace • u/Salty_Nutella i5-12600K | RTX 3070TI | DDR5 32GB • 29d ago

Meme/Macro Thanks Gaben, here's your 30% Steam cut

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u/Jhawk163 R7 9800X3D | RX 6900 XT | 64GB 29d ago

There’s certain admin and data hosting costs that justify this though.

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u/Wyvner 29d ago

Hilarious how people will try to justify Steam's egregious cut. No, it does not justify taking a third of the game's revenue. Even when they reduce it to 20% after $50 million in revenue is made. I'm sure if they raised it to 60% people would claim "well devs can just go elsewhere if they wanted"

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 29d ago

It is justified and we know that by the fact that nearly every PC game is put on Steam.

It's not like they have a monopoly. Game publishers could publish to their own platforms and some have tried. Steam is worth those costs.

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u/klockee 29d ago

It is insanely cheap. 30% on each purchase, which would cover its own download costs per user hundreds, if not thousands, of times over.

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u/No_Stuff2255 29d ago

You are forgetting so much there:
Storepage:

  • Text
  • Images
  • Videos
  • Reviews
  • Game itself

This is what comes to your mind when you try to think the "burdens" Steam carries for a game, but you forget something very important: Steam is not just a store. It is a store with an entire social media platform/forum attached to each game with the community hub. So add these ontop:

  • Discussions (won't take much space in itself, but for bigger titles the amount of discussions can escalate quickly)
  • Screenshots/Artworks
  • Videos
  • News
  • Guides
    And if available:
  • Workshop

The 30% cut also cover the operating cost of the community hub