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Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire by ace2358 on Friday May 21, 2021 @07:24PM (#27241204)
Are the different rates reflected in the prices on the store or does the customer pay the same price irrespective of the cut taken by the platform?
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Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire by ArkanExplorer on Saturday May 22, 2021 @05:52AM (#27245056)
The different rates are reflected in the burnout, low pay, bankruptcy and failure - or the opposite - of the developers who launch on them.

Right now for example its basically impossible to make a reliable income just from PC, for the average solo developer or micro-studio, due to the insanely high 30% commission taken by Steam.

Its necessary to launch cross-platform onto consoles, and optimizing the graphics and control schemes for these devices means that PC is not the focus.

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