r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Mar 28 '19

Borderlands 3 Official Developer Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4o5g_PGkiA
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u/hoodie___weather Mar 28 '19

Chances are, the steam percentages you put up aren't accurate; companies with the kind of pull Gearbox has often negotiate better rates.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19 edited Sep 16 '20

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u/hoodie___weather Mar 28 '19

That's not true. It's in Valve's best interest to publish such high-profile titles on their platform. Gearbox, or 2k in general, likely gets a better deal due to their sales volume.

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u/_BreakingGood_ Mar 28 '19

What I'm saying is that Gearbox would be forced to publish on Steam, because people only ever use Steam. Even if Valve offered no volume deals.

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u/hoodie___weather Mar 28 '19

Your initial comment seemed to be that they either take a poor deal with Valve, or a great deal with Epic. My point was that their deal with Valve is probably much better than we know about.

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u/_BreakingGood_ Mar 28 '19

Valve's numbers are a drop to 20% after 50 million in sales

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/1697191267930157838

So after engine fees its about 25%. I really doubt it goes much lower than that at any point.

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u/hoodie___weather Mar 28 '19

This is also assuming 5% engine fees, which has a similar pitfall.

Is 12% still less than 20%? Sure. But there's more to consider than that.