• Magiccupcake@startrek.website
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    If they’re making record profits why did they decide to come to steam?

    I think their player numbers have dropped and they’re trying to boost them.

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      I’ve been mostly out of the loop for overwatch but my guess is so that can have even more recorder profits

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          They’re gonna do the profitiest profit that anyone has ever profited

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            I liked the part where Bobby Kotick said “its profiting time” and then profited all over the place

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        Steam takes 30%. If they thought they could drive people to their standalone launcher they would be doing that

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          I don’t think that is correct; Steam usually takes 30%, but I thought some of the larger publishers negotiated different (secret) rates.

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      It seems most likely to me that it’s prep for the rest of the Microsoft deal so they can claim to regulators they aren’t using their ever-growing control to choke out other platforms. Same reason they’re making those promises about Call of Duty on Switch.