Comment on Steam is adding support to show estimated FPS for your hardware before buying a game
doublah@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks agoUltimately the EGS has shown 12% is not profitable, a lower cut would be nice for smaller devs but I don’t see why Valve would when every other platform of Steam’s size also takes 30%.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Citation needed. They’re still operating, while paying games for exclusivity, and giving away games for free (at their own cost). Sure, a lot of this is likely funded by Fortnite, but to say it isn’t profitable when they’re giving away this much money is a big claim. Also, Valve would be significantly more profitable at the same rate, because they have almost total market capture. Even if Epic isn’t profitable (I’ve seen no evidence of this) we can’t extrapolate to say Vlave wouldn’t be.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
If it needs to be subsidized by Fortnite then it’s by definition not profitable
Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Them giving away a ton of money does not mean the distribution alone isn’t profitable.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You seem to not understand what “profit” means.