People staring at a black screen for a day straight or losing their shit because they can't play a video game is honestly kind of disturbing/sad rather than hilarious imo.
That’s because they spent all their money on the shit foil hat.
Howare they treating this as news? I remember back in 2009 or so devs on podcasts discussing this and basically saying Steam chose the 30% because it was an approximate average of most physical retailers, because the retailers were terrified that if Steam took a significantly lower cut it would disincentivize publishers from selling via physical stores, and they might reciprocate by not stocking their console releases.Forgive me for not knowing how to archive on my phone, but we sort of have confirmation that Valve’s 30% cut was 100% industry standard.
Report: Steam's 30% Cut Is Actually the Industry Standard - IGN
A breakdown of how much every major retailer takes from the sale of a game.www.ign.com
Or you can become a consolefag if worse comes to worse. When does the exclusivity time out on The Outer Worlds, this game actually seems like it will be worth paying for according to early reviews. No bugs apparently.
Most PC gamers will just crack and pirate games before it gets that bad. The convenience of piracy is a big part of what makes the PC gaming industry so vastly different from the console industry, and is why EGS's attempts at migrating aggressive, anti-consumer business tactics from the latter into the former market are doomed to fail long term.
It's an Obsidian game. This is literally an impossible scenario unless they're Obsidian in name only. They're known for their great ideas, but absolutely awful and bug ridden mess of an execution with basically no QA period.
