• Grimy@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    If he wasn’t fucking over his consumers, he wouldn’t be able to spend 1000 million on fancy boats.

    • khannie@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      I feel most sorry for small developers having to hand over 30% of their entire work’s value to “uncle Gabe” who’s already sitting on over 9 billion. Fuck that noise.

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        2 days ago

        Most of those small developers wouldn’t have been able to make a dime trying to get their games into physical stores.

        That’s not to say it should be this way, but it could be a lot worse.

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          2 days ago

          Yeah I agree that steam offers them a decent marketplace and we’re definitely seeing lots of great games from smaller studios or individuals as a result.

          I’d prefer if sales were “taxed” lower than 30% up to a given threshold instead of fluffing Gabe’s already massive bank balance though.

          Like 10% on your first 50K, sliding scale upwards after that for example. I’m spitballing but you get the idea I hope. He just doesn’t need that level of payout from smaller folks.