Descent_Overload

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Descent_Overload

Descent_Overload

@DescentOverload

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Andrew Hulshult
Andrew Hulshult@AndrewHulshult·
That's not greed. That is a buisness model that the public accepted and voted on with their wallet. It wasn't always good, it sucked for a long time. They spent time and money on it. PC gamers aren't into "exclusives". Epic went all in on it for years. 🤷‍♂️
Seth Dirks@SirDustyDirks

Valve: 350 employees Epic Games: 4,000 employees Valve: $17B annual revenue
Epic Games: $5-6B Valve charges devs 30% of their revenue for simply listing their game. Epic Games charges devs 0% revenue share on the first $1,000,000 Valve is one of the greediest companies in gaming. You cannot be pro valve and be pro developer at the same time.

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PC Gamer
PC Gamer@pcgamer·
Valve veteran slams Tim Sweeney and Epic Games for laying off 1000 people while making 'as much money as possible… and hey Tim, Gabe's better at that than you' pcgamer.com/gaming-industr…
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Descent_Overload
Descent_Overload@DescentOverload·
@FrostSoul626 @catboyhottline @AndrewHulshult EGS has no DRM they offer. The best they have is an API that developers can use to ask if the person owns the game, and they'll get a yes or no answer, and then the developer uses that answer for their own DRM or for a third party DRM.
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Descent_Overload
Descent_Overload@DescentOverload·
@devinmorrison11 @kerissakti Pricing competition could have also been an avenue for another store to take, but Valve actively prevented that, not just for Steam keys, but also against PC stores not even selling Steam keys. Emails from Valve, found in lawsuit discovery, showed Valve did this.
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Enigma
Enigma@devinmorrison11·
@DescentOverload @kerissakti You are right they could, but they don't have to cause all the competition is useless. People are mad at steam for having a monopoly yet all the "competition" refuses to compete on the same level, then cry when they aren't seeing sales numbers like steam.
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Kris Antoni - Toge Productions
Kris Antoni - Toge Productions@kerissakti·
Lol 😂 As indie, I gladly give Valve 30% cut. They’re supporting open source: Linux, Proton, Fex-Emu, etc. Valve is keeping tech free and markets accessible for all. They’re prob the only one that still care abt gaming, the gamers & devs. not greed. It’s long term thinking
Seth Dirks@SirDustyDirks

Valve: 350 employees Epic Games: 4,000 employees Valve: $17B annual revenue
Epic Games: $5-6B Valve charges devs 30% of their revenue for simply listing their game. Epic Games charges devs 0% revenue share on the first $1,000,000 Valve is one of the greediest companies in gaming. You cannot be pro valve and be pro developer at the same time.

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Kris Antoni - Toge Productions
Kris Antoni - Toge Productions@kerissakti·
@DescentOverload @lyreen0 @Blarggggg2 That survey was from 2019 when Epic Game Store tried to enter the market. At that time, I too thought that Steam’s 30% was too high compared to EGS’ 12%. But then Valve added tons of stuff to Steam, such as Next Fest, Proton, Remote Play, Dev Page, Events, Labs, etc
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Reen #BlokirKominfo
Reen #BlokirKominfo@lyreen0·
@DescentOverload @Blarggggg2 @kerissakti So yes, they do exclusive launches. Prices used to be higher on Epic Store for me, but I can see most of them are the same now, haven't checked for a long time. Still higher on some. Point me to where the devs say Steam are ripping them off?
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lily
lily@vxylily·
He doesn’t smoke He doesn’t drink He doesn’t Womanise He doesn’t party He stays at home He doesn’t bet Where can I find him??
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Descent_Overload
Descent_Overload@DescentOverload·
@lyreen0 @Blarggggg2 @kerissakti 60% profit margin is nearly unheard of in business, 30% profit margin is considered doing exceptionally well. At 60% it means you are ripping someone off. Epic doesn't do exclusive launches accept for their own published games. Epic Store doesn't cost customers more.
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Reen #BlokirKominfo
Reen #BlokirKominfo@lyreen0·
@DescentOverload @Blarggggg2 @kerissakti Okay, I'm dumb. Now explain why their 60% profit margin is apparently problematic and a core discussion in how Valve is such an evil monopoly where Epic keeps doing exclusive launches, design terrible launchers, has no community, and cost customers more?
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Descent_Overload
Descent_Overload@DescentOverload·
@lyreen0 @Blarggggg2 @kerissakti I said profit margin, they have a 60% profit margin on the 20-30% revenue share they take. Most of their revenue comes from games that reach 20% revenue share, which means they essentially have pretty close to 60% profit margin on the 20% they take.
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Descent_Overload
Descent_Overload@DescentOverload·
@AntiWokeMemes Trans have the same rights as anyone else of the same sex. They are biological male then they have no right to be in female private spaces. Biological males have no right to be in female sports. and this is true for vice versa. Sex change surgery is an elective surgery.
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