I recommend hosting yourself to see exactly what “admins” have to go through.

Should be Lemmy over piefed.

Thanks for pointing this out.

This “sign up to view” nonsense needs to end. Whoever suggested it should be tarred and feathered.

Pretty sure this is paid propaganda.

Well that’s stupid. If Steam charged less, the price of games wouldn’t change.

Developers and publishers would just pocket the difference.

Stupid people do.

Valve isn’t forcing anyone to use their platform.

If Steam’s terms aren’t satisfactory for developers, then they don’t have to use Steam.

Star Citizen might come out before this.

I’m not defending anyone.

I’m calling stupidity out for what it is.

Yeah, Charlie Kaufman is actually the one who mentioned AI being able to take the place of hollywood writers because they’re all so shit and fans have no standards.

https://consequence.net/2023/08/charlie-kaufman-ai-garbage-sag-aftra-strike/

You’re a useful idiot.

He’s a slimeball.

If a developer doesn’t like those terms, can’t they just remove their game from Steam or never release it there to begin with?

If a user doesn’t like those terms, they don’t have to buy the game.

Developers and users are voting with their wallets every day and the votes say Steam is worth the cost.

And a 30% cut is high.

Is it? It’s my understanding that it’s comparable to what brick and mortar stores would charge to have a game on their shelves.

Also, anyone who thinks EGS will keep developer fees low if they had a higher marketshare is incredibly naive.

Nobody is forced to use any of those platforms.

You’re the one licking the boot of developers who just want to profit off of your stupidity.

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I thought it was Stop Killing Games.

AI can already write scripts on par with or better than most of what hollywood shits out.

Five Nights at Freddy’s, Minecraft, Roblox, Repo, Lethal Company, all look and play like they were made by AI. It won’t be long until users genuinely can’t tell the difference.

This is mostly due to the fact that audiences have no standards for the media that they consume.

It’s more nuanced than that.

It’s not, though. If people actually want to play your game, then Steam isn’t going to get in the way.

Look at MMOs. Look at fortnite. Minecraft. Roblox. Those games can succeed without Steam because people want to play them.

If a game can’t succeed without being on Steam, then Steam isn’t the problem.

Why are we defending a system where the fucking checkout system is valued as much as the people making the games?

You’re asking the wrong question here. You should be asking why you’re defending the developers who just want to make more money and don’t care about how it may impact the experience for their customers.

Gabe isn’t your friend and neither are the whiny/greedy developers.

You can buy a controller for your phone and have a more powerful emulation device without spending as much money.