Organizers Game Developers Conference 2023 found that total 6% developers are fully satisfied with the current revenue distribution system in Steam. Previously, the company adjusted the rules a bit and began to keep a lower percentage of game sales that reached a certain level of revenue ($ 10 million – 25%, 20 million – 20%), but not every game can earn that much, as a result many content creators continue give the store 30% of revenue.
According to a Game Developers Conference 2023 survey, more than half of developers believe that Valve should keep no more than 15%. And not after the game has earned millions, but from the very first day.
“We would like to change. Not every game can earn millions, but Valve still takes 30% of the income from such developers. This is unfair,” one of the respondents said.
- 7% of developers said that the most appropriate option would be to give Valve only 5% of game sales revenue.
- 21% of developers consider the most reasonable option with 10% deductions.
- 25% of developers consider a commission of 15% to be justified.
- 17% of developers would be happy with the 20% option.
- 6% of developers are completely satisfied with the current rules, where 30% of revenue is taken from them.
- Another 3% of respondents consider the normal option to give Valve 25%.
- 1% of content creators are willing to give Valve even more than 30%.
- 20% found it difficult to answer the question.
4,000 specialists participated in the survey.
The main competitor of Steam, the Epic Games Store, leaves itself only 12% of revenue from game sales. 40% of those polled by GDC 2023 organizers expressed confidence that the Epic Games initiative would be successful in the long run. Another 35% voted for the option “Maybe it will be successful.” 18% answered “I don’t know” and only 7% think that the store will not last long and will close.
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