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Tim Sweeney: "Besides taking 30%, they’re [Valve] also taking a potentially even larger fraction of developers’ revenue and livelihood by undermining their business with these AI hate campaigns." (archive.ph)
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[–] 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

All digital storefronts take 30% btw

Edit: Most All*

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  • [–] 29 points 2 weeks ago*

    And selling to brick and mortar (which doesnt exist much anymore anyway) ends up costing even more.

    The big take away is him arguing AI discloser is somehow an afront to developer privacy. Bullshit. I like the response in the screenshot: Sweeney is telling us to be okay buying food without ingredients lists. AI slop is cancerous to the industry and the vast majority of indie dev communities for instance despise GenAI and want the disclosures.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (2 children)

    Epic is 0% up to $1 million and 12% after.

    Microsoft store is 5% if it's through your website and 15% if it's through the app.

    GoG is 30%

    Google Play store is 30% after 1 million

    Why lie?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago

    30% used to be the standard, all consoles took 30%, Apple and Google took 30%, and all the PC game storefronts did. Sweeney doesn't give a shit about saving anyone money but himself. He's been on a decade long crusade to avoid paying these fees and will say whatever he can to make them go away or get lower.

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