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  • SirDerpy@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I want to note that you’d need about $143 in gross sales to meet the threshold of $100 in net profit.

    On the surface that sounds like a lot. But, they’re providing a service without any guarantee of any income. Epic can only compete because they’ve few users and are willing to operate at a near loss in attempt to garner market share.

    This will be a difficult one for others to understand as a “good deal”. Gamers are usually correct when they pull out their pitchforks. This should not be one of those times.

    • Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      While I’m no fan of Epic Games for bribing companies to keep games off of Steam for a year or more, Valve’s market dominance in PC game sales isn’t a good thing for developers or consumers.