should Xbox follow PlayStation & stop selling games on Steam ?

[Marees]

why should Microsoft pay Valve 30% for first party xbox games?

on top of this xbox games already share most codebase with xbox pc app. going forward with xbox helix, any xbox playanywhere game will have identical code base between console & xbox pc app — whereas with steam you may need to optimize game (for nvidia PCs)

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Nah I'll bail on MS before I bail on Steam.

How many ****ing times do corpo ****s need to learn this lesson?

 

[Grimlakin]

MS could negotiate a sweetheart deal with Steam. Or do a hostile takeover.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

MS could negotiate a sweetheart deal with Steam. Or do a hostile takeover.

-You can't hostile takeover a non-public company. Unless you mean they send their private army in...

 

[Grimlakin]

-You can't hostile takeover a non-public company. Unless you mean they send their private army in...

You are absolutely correct. I didn't realize Steam wasn't a publicly traded company and didn't even check. LOL. That's kinda awesome.

 

[Brian_B]

I'm willing to bet Microsoft ~does~ have some sweetheart deal with Valve. Most of the large distributors do, I'm sure, and the details of such are probably locked behind NDAs. Even Apple has a discount for "preferred" distributors/developers.

That said - why shouldn't Microsoft pay them? No one is forcing Microsoft, or anyone else, to list on Valve, and Valve doesn't force you to make the price equal on all storefronts... so you could just mark it up to cover the loss of revenue, if you really wanted to.

 

[Marees]

Valve doesn't force you to make the price equal on all storefronts...

if true, this should make it easier for Microsoft

maybe they could give discount on game purchases, if you already have a base/starter game pass subscription

 

[Brian_B]

if true, this should make it easier for Microsoft

maybe they could give discount on game purchases, if you already have a base/starter game pass subscription

Usually - not always, but usually...

If you purchase the base game on one platform, all the subsequent purchases need to be through that platform to apply to the game. There are some exceptions, it depends on how you do IAP/redeem in your game. But most developers don't let you mix and match storefronts.

That said - would be nice. But I wouldn't count on it.