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Re:Steam Machine by culi on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @10:18PM (#45910130)
It's pretty good as a consumer but they take a massive cut out for developers. I'm not crying about EA not getting its profit margins, but the cut Steam takes can really hurt indie devs.

I try to buy from itch.io whenever its an option.

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Re:Steam Machine by jsheard on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @11:22PM (#45910597)
> I'm not crying about EA not getting its profit margins, but the cut Steam takes can really hurt indie devs.

Indies actually lose more of their margin than EA does, because Steam reduces their 30% cut to 25% after $10m in sales and 20% after $50m in sales. Few indies are doing those numbers, so it's functionally a discount for AAA publishers to discourage them from leaving for their own launchers again (EA did leave back when it was a flat 30% rate for everyone).

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Re:Steam Machine by akimbostrawman on Thursday November 13, 2025 @02:28AM (#45911839)
It is a large cut but they also offer much more features than any other store not to mention exposure.
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