brachiosaurus@mander.xyz to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoBehold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anythingwww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down178
arrow-up1371arrow-down1external-linkBehold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anythingwww.gamesradar.combrachiosaurus@mander.xyz to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square216fedilink
minus-squarehirihit640@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours ago That 30% is totally justified as a platform fee imo and yet everybody hates on Apple’s 30% cut… Why would valve “punish” someone for doing well? maybe it could be like how rich people are taxed more? (at least if rich people paid their taxes in the first place)
minus-squareAdalast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoI don’t personally hate on Apple’s 30%. I hate on Apple’s predatory licensing practices which demand an upfront expenditure before the first unit sells at all.
and yet everybody hates on Apple’s 30% cut…
maybe it could be like how rich people are taxed more? (at least if rich people paid their taxes in the first place)
I don’t personally hate on Apple’s 30%. I hate on Apple’s predatory licensing practices which demand an upfront expenditure before the first unit sells at all.