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Steam Tops 43 Million Concurrent Players To Smash Another Record
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alessandro lemmy.ca alessandro@lemmy.ca
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thingsiplay lemmy.ml thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
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For good reason.

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iamthetot piefed.ca iamthetot@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-01-08
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How many more until Gabe can afford his next yacht?

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Almacca aussie.zone Almacca@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-02-06
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You'd think they could afford to knock that 30% cut down a little by now.

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NekoBeko lemmy.world nekobeko@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-10-10
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Valve just offers such a good service with Steam.

I first check Steam before buying a game anywhere else.

GOG is a close runner-up though.

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djsoren19 lemmy.blahaj.zone djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-01-13
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You'd think they could afford to knock that 30% cut down a little by now.

That's not how capitalism works. If anything, they should be increasing their prices because they have a stranglehold on the market.

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One2many lemmy.world BilliamBoberts@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-08
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Valve just offers such a good service with Steam. I first check Steam before buying a game anywhere else. GOG is a close runner-up though.

Same, then I load the game I bought on GOG in steam for convenience.

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arudesalad piefed.ca arudesalad@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-08-10
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How many more until Gabe can afford his next yacht?

He bought the yacht company, what's next? The sea? At least his money isn't as dirty as most tech ceo's money is (although it isn't completely clean)

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BlackAura lemmy.world BlackAura@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-25
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You'd think they could afford to knock that 30% cut down a little by now.

They already do. I forget the numbers but once you've sold X copies it drops maybe to 20%? Then once you've sold Y copies (where Y > X) it drops even further, say like 10%?

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bigbangdangler reddthat.com bigbangdangler@reddthat.com
Joined: 2026-05-16
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You'd think they could afford to knock that 30% cut down a little by now.

I legitimately don't understand this argument.

Can you elaborate why Steam is singled out for this? Something beyond "Steam bad"?

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benderbeerman lemmy.world benderbeerman@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
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Does that mean...

Uh...

Did steam just turn 43 million people into bottoms???

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RisingSwell lemmy.dbzer0.com RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-03-20
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They already do. I forget the numbers but once you've sold X copies it drops maybe to 20%? Then once you've sold Y copies (where Y > X) it drops even further, say like 10%?

So that only helps mega popular games and not small ones

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RisingSwell lemmy.dbzer0.com RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-03-20
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I legitimately don't understand this argument. Can you elaborate why Steam is singled out for this? Something beyond "Steam bad"?

Pretty sure both apple and google have been targetted for this as well, in court cases brought by epic iirc.

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Almacca aussie.zone Almacca@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-02-06
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I legitimately don't understand this argument. Can you elaborate why Steam is singled out for this? Something beyond "Steam bad"?

Because Steam is the company under discussion here. I don't think Steam is bad.

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[object Object] lemmy.ca panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-07-20
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For good reason.

I’ve basically moved all my ps5 gaming to steam.

I bought a DisplayPort to hdmi 2 adapter for my computer and the expertise got a whole lot better.

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Kn1ghtDigital lemmy.zip Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-25
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Does that mean... Uh... Did steam just turn 43 million people into bottoms???

Impressive.

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