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[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But it seems like almost every other storefront operates under those margins for digital sales (not just in gaming)

Notable that Epic Games takes only a 12% cut, and 0% of the first $1 million in sales (effectively 0% for the vast majority of indie games). A cynical take is that they're just doing this to attract developers to their store, which is almost certainly true, but it doesn't necessarily mean they'll take a higher cut if they become dominant. Unfortunately the Epic Games platform is missing the majority of extra features that Steam has (built in streaming, family share, input binding, big picture mode, etc)

Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, is about 80% as wealthy as Gabe Newell, and has done much more philanthropy, although it only represents probably less than one percent of his net worth.

[–] ysjet@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, is about 80% as wealthy as Gabe Newell, and has done much more philanthropy

lol what. No he hasn't. Get off sweeney's dick.

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I suppose it depends on if you count conservation as philanthropy. Like I said though, it's not that significant compared to his overall wealth.