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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by fnord123 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @11:04AM (#29981166)
> Win-wins all around!

Do devs get more money from Steam than Switch on a per unit basis? If not, using Steam means the dev is not winning as much as they could.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by cinntaile on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @11:09AM (#29981245)
You assume that the Steam users are willing to pay the same price as Switch users, but that's not necessarily the case. Volume matters as well, maybe the number of Steam users is way more than the number of Switch users so they can make up for the lower price by selling more.
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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by docmars on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:31PM (#29983570)
Exactly this — and devs selling on Steam have the choice to participate in sales or not.
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