Valve is redesigning the Steam Store Menu and Search, wants user feedback
Valve is redesigning the Steam Store Menu and Search, wants user feedback
Valve's latest update to the Steam store is aiming to revamp the top menu bar as well as the search functionality.
Bring back the porn!
Agreed, glad they didn't take my already bought games.
That said, I don't like that after playing Suzerain my queue still gets other "Visual Novel" recommendations.
Go back to how it was in 2010.
They should fully integrate touch screen and controller based navigation for the steam deck. Its wild how the store doesn't work that well on their hardware.
I think we're long overdue for a way to make the preview video on a game's page bigger.
Here's my feedback: I don't care. Sop gouging game developers.
Mate, valve aint gouging game devs. Bandwidth and storage space isn't free. Not to mention all the other tools that valve supports.
If you weren't paying them their cut and doing it yourself it would end up being far more money typically to have the same scale and benefit.
Like seriously bandwidth costs get huge FAST.
Other platforms trying to ask for the same cut while not providing as many tools and services. Those are the ones if any are a problem.
Can you explain your reasoning why you think steam is gouging devs? While you think it may not be fair valve has offered a lot to devs. If it wasn't for steam, we probably wouldn't have as many indie games as we do now and it wouldn't be feasible for some developers to even dream of creating their own game.
Steam does the marketing, they have a way for devs to interact with players, they store and distribute their game to include updates, they have a store page for every game, they have a payment system, they have drm and anti cheat if you want, they have analytics tools.
You can even sell your game elsewhere with steam keys and they won't take a cut. If devs were that worried about it, they could do that themselves and market it themselves.
Just because a business is a business and trying to make money, doesn't mean they are gouging people.
Steam has a two-part fee structure for developers. First, there's a $100 fee per game when publishing through Steam Direct, which is a one-time, non-refundable fee, but it can be recouped after the game generates $1,000 in adjusted gross revenue. Second, Steam takes a 30% commission on all sales.
Agreed 30% is way to high. 15% is fair and they'd still make a ton of profit.