▲ 851 ▼ Blizzard games are coming to Steam (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago* by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world 287 comments fedilink hide all child comments I guess they're giving up on convincing people to download their launcher.
[–] LuckyCharmsNSoyMilk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ads. Ads and data harvesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thann@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) yeah, plus steam takes 30% permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sheepyowl@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) The games are coming to Steam. Even if the launcher is there, Steam still gets the 30% permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thann@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) IDK what your comment is about, but its not a coincidence the first blizz game coming to steam is free to play, permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pory@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago In-app purchases, mtx, DLC, and premium currency are also subject to Valve tax for games that are on Steam. Free to play means "enough people pay $200+ that we can get away with not selling it for $50", putting it on Steam still means Valve gets a piece of the pie. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thann@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) yeah, plus steam takes 30% permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sheepyowl@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) The games are coming to Steam. Even if the launcher is there, Steam still gets the 30% permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thann@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) IDK what your comment is about, but its not a coincidence the first blizz game coming to steam is free to play, permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pory@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago In-app purchases, mtx, DLC, and premium currency are also subject to Valve tax for games that are on Steam. Free to play means "enough people pay $200+ that we can get away with not selling it for $50", putting it on Steam still means Valve gets a piece of the pie. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sheepyowl@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) The games are coming to Steam. Even if the launcher is there, Steam still gets the 30% permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thann@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) IDK what your comment is about, but its not a coincidence the first blizz game coming to steam is free to play, permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pory@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago In-app purchases, mtx, DLC, and premium currency are also subject to Valve tax for games that are on Steam. Free to play means "enough people pay $200+ that we can get away with not selling it for $50", putting it on Steam still means Valve gets a piece of the pie. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thann@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) IDK what your comment is about, but its not a coincidence the first blizz game coming to steam is free to play, permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pory@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago In-app purchases, mtx, DLC, and premium currency are also subject to Valve tax for games that are on Steam. Free to play means "enough people pay $200+ that we can get away with not selling it for $50", putting it on Steam still means Valve gets a piece of the pie. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pory@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago In-app purchases, mtx, DLC, and premium currency are also subject to Valve tax for games that are on Steam. Free to play means "enough people pay $200+ that we can get away with not selling it for $50", putting it on Steam still means Valve gets a piece of the pie. permalink fedilink source parent