• Drasglaf
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    1 day ago

    I’d rather more money go to the people actually creating the content

    This was the argument when EGS came, and it’s been known for a long time that for the most part devs don’t see a cent from that extra cut, the publishers keep it. Unless they self-publish, of course.

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      23 hours ago

      That would depend on the contract they signed with their publisher. Sure, some contracts may be like you said, but that can be taken up with them. That argument (which you provided without context) is just you trying to provide cover for marketplaces taking a larger cut and it’s bullshit.

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        17 hours ago

        It’s not a larger cut, it’s the industry-standard cut.

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          10 hours ago

          The “industry standard” is made up and can change. There isn’t some dictated industry standard.