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More than 500 games on Steam earned over $3 million in 2023 (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
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[–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The fact is, players are happy to pay a premium so that the games live in their steam library

i don't think you can make a statement like that, that is so untested. If capcom were to start selling games at $70 on steam, and $50 on capcom.com things might be different, we can't really say.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    We've seen games sold on Epic for less, and people wait to buy them until they're on Steam. I do it myself, even.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Exactly. Steam provides a service to these companies (a pipeline to customers) and they don’t want to pay.

    They are free to make their own, like epic, ubisoft, origin, etc. have, and I am free to continue to use Steam, which I prefer because it provides a service and it works and I feel is a superior product.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Another thing is the infrastructure that Steam provides to get the games to the users and support them costs money. If Capcom wants to build the infrastructure themselves it will cost them more. they will have to charge $100 (exaggeration) and they will only be serving Capcom games.

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