▲ 390 ▼ Gabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy games (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 4 months ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 232 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (3 children) Plenty of indie developers on itch.io permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (2 children) I would like to see their income breakdown between Steam and other platforms. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) Difficult to measure. A lot, and I do mean a lot, of indie devs on itch.io will likely get the biggest sum of their income from Patreon subscriptions. From what I've heard speaking to some of them, when it comes to succesful Patreons, even a Steam release is peanuts compared to how much money was made through Patreon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Oh interesting. I hadn't really fought of patreon as a source for indie game developers. I think the only one I know of is chinchillas art. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (2 children) I would like to see their income breakdown between Steam and other platforms. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) Difficult to measure. A lot, and I do mean a lot, of indie devs on itch.io will likely get the biggest sum of their income from Patreon subscriptions. From what I've heard speaking to some of them, when it comes to succesful Patreons, even a Steam release is peanuts compared to how much money was made through Patreon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Oh interesting. I hadn't really fought of patreon as a source for indie game developers. I think the only one I know of is chinchillas art. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) Difficult to measure. A lot, and I do mean a lot, of indie devs on itch.io will likely get the biggest sum of their income from Patreon subscriptions. From what I've heard speaking to some of them, when it comes to succesful Patreons, even a Steam release is peanuts compared to how much money was made through Patreon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Oh interesting. I hadn't really fought of patreon as a source for indie game developers. I think the only one I know of is chinchillas art. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago Oh interesting. I hadn't really fought of patreon as a source for indie game developers. I think the only one I know of is chinchillas art. permalink fedilink source parent