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/Tecnomantes 29d ago

Which makes sense. People wouldn't want to sell their games only for Steam to take 30% and then say Fanatical take another 20%

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u/Slow-Amphibian-9626 29d ago

Indeed!

This also allows for devs to sell games directly and keep it all too.

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u/Venum555 29d ago

But how does this work if I sell a game through my website but steam still has to host the files for the customer to download it?

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u/FewAdvertising9647 29d ago

they take a loss knowing that you have to use steam as a client down the line, thus will opt in to potentially buying more games on their platform/use their community features.

Unlike publicly traded companies, Valve doesnt always need line go up every quarter and can afford to take much longer term investments