Some interesting industry news for you here. Epic Games have announced a change to the revenue model of the Epic Games Store, as they try to pull in more developers and more gamers to actually purchase things.
  • MudMan@fedia.io
    63·
    4 months ago

    I mean, yeah.

    You sorta figured out competition in marketplaces.

    Hey, I’m a social democrat. I’m all for intervening in markets, but for commodity entertainment products competition works pretty well, as you just explained.

      • MudMan@fedia.io
        31·
        4 months ago

        You are mistaking publishing for distribution.

        Publishing is not distribution.

          • MudMan@fedia.io
            11·
            4 months ago

            No, you absolutely are. Publishers will typically pay for retail manufacturing costs (so printing, boxing and shipping), but that’s not the same as digital distribution. Digital distribution doesn’t map to shipping game boxes, it maps to retail.

            Which is why games on Steam have deals with publishers, NOT with Valve.

              • MudMan@fedia.io
                1·
                4 months ago

                Not even a little bit. Man, you sure like to keep digging when given a shovel, huh?

                Look, I’m not here to write a textbook on game publishing, but I do recommend you take that shovel and go dig up some accurate information in the off-chance you’re not just posting whatever autocorrect feeds you as the first word choice.