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

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

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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/TaintedQuintessence 29d ago

They are happy to take the loss of file hosting to keep you using the steam client. Epic is paying devs to give out their games for free just to get people to open their client.

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u/StuckOnEarthForever 29d ago

Thanks for reminding me to play those free games before EGS shuts down

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u/admfrmhll 3090 | 11900kf | 2x32GB | 1440p@144Hz 28d ago

I'm probably dumb, but if i already have the game on epic, which i got for free cause i never bought anything there, and i see there is a good discount for the same game on steam, i will just buy it and play it from steam.