if Steam was only taking a 10% then this would have been a moot point, but at 30%, a lot of developers have just said “We can host our own store for less then 30%”

it’s not. Games are willing to go onto Epic instead of steam because Epic is taking only a 12% cut of sales instead of the 30% that Steam does. And Exclusivity contracts are the entire reason consoles still exist these days, they are nothing new or inventive. Steam got greedy, and now gamers are paying the price for…

The troubling part of this. It’s not that these game companies backed out of a deal with Steam, They had not signed a distribution deal with Steam in the first place. Steam listed these games and started doing pre-orders without/before actually getting any contracts or deals to do so. Players are blaming the…

You miss the major parts. Steam, Activision, and every other platform have just as many exploited account issues, and just as many security breach issues. Steam however has been taking a 30% cut of all sales for years. For a game company, it’s FAR more cost effective to make and use your own launcher at that point.…

There was a large and heavy argument years ago regarding the inclusion of ‘easier’ raids in World of Warcraft. The hardcore crowd thought that allowing this dumbed down version of the raids was diluting the challenge. Casual players loved the idea they would be able to experience a part of the game they had not before.

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