Sunsetting the Bethesda.net launcher and migrating to Steam

Re:Sunsetting the Bethesda.net launcher and migrating to Steam by bastawhiz on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @10:26PM (#30437227)

> Microsoft is throwing the towel and bowing to Steam's cartelish 30%

I would be quite surprised to hear that Microsoft didn't cut some sort of Very Good Deal with Valve.

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Re:Sunsetting the Bethesda.net launcher and migrating to Steam by BbzzbB on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @11:40PM (#30437720)

I was late to edit the mistake but I learned there are known tiers, so FWIW a Bethesda would at most be paying 20% (>$50M), if not less with a private deal.

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Re:Sunsetting the Bethesda.net launcher and migrating to Steam by notafraudster on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @07:37AM (#30440344)

Of course they also pay nowhere near 20% since they also do a significant amount of sales — often around 30% — via Steam keys sold on third party sites (Humble, GMG, Fanatical, etc.) which Valve forgoes all commission on. My guess is most large publishers are paying Valve in the order of 13-15%

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