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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-27 months agoI think Steam’s cut should probably be something like 0.05 * (log(x) + 1) where x is number of copies sold.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•7 months agoYou mean that games need to have 100 000 copies sold to get to the 30% cut?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•7 months agoYes. It would mean that small indie games with low sales wouldn’t be hit as hard by Steam taking a cut, and huge hits that sell millions of copies would help subsidize this.
I think Steam’s cut should probably be something like
0.05 * (log(x) + 1)where x is number of copies sold.You mean that games need to have 100 000 copies sold to get to the 30% cut?
Yes. It would mean that small indie games with low sales wouldn’t be hit as hard by Steam taking a cut, and huge hits that sell millions of copies would help subsidize this.