▲ 1084 ▼ ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, They’ve Gotten 700K (www.forbes.com) submitted 3 years ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world 256 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AProfessional@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child) The Steam Matchmaking API is included in their 30% cut. They can have 0 servers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Really? What's the benefit of going solo instead of paying the 30% thru steam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 4 points 3 years ago If you're launching on Steam you're paying the 30% anyways. If you publish elsewhere there's a lot you have to build yourself, but it would allow more freedom in the way you implement it. It might also be cheaper, but that depends on the way you do things. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AProfessional@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* I’m not suggesting they do, just that it’s a feature Steam provides. I just didn’t want to call it free as they pay for it. Obviously 30% higher revenue per unit is the benefit of self publishing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Really? What's the benefit of going solo instead of paying the 30% thru steam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 4 points 3 years ago If you're launching on Steam you're paying the 30% anyways. If you publish elsewhere there's a lot you have to build yourself, but it would allow more freedom in the way you implement it. It might also be cheaper, but that depends on the way you do things. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AProfessional@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* I’m not suggesting they do, just that it’s a feature Steam provides. I just didn’t want to call it free as they pay for it. Obviously 30% higher revenue per unit is the benefit of self publishing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 4 points 3 years ago If you're launching on Steam you're paying the 30% anyways. If you publish elsewhere there's a lot you have to build yourself, but it would allow more freedom in the way you implement it. It might also be cheaper, but that depends on the way you do things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AProfessional@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* I’m not suggesting they do, just that it’s a feature Steam provides. I just didn’t want to call it free as they pay for it. Obviously 30% higher revenue per unit is the benefit of self publishing. permalink fedilink source parent