| mrstickball said: Not surprising. Their competitors, sans GoG aren't doing a whole lot to court users to their services. Smart business model, and making a killing from what they do. With some titles doing the whole Steamworks thing, you wonder how Steam is splitting the profits. If its a 70-30 split on a $49.99 or $59.99 game....They are doing very, VERY well for themselves. By the end of the year, Valve will of had 4 major releases on their system that should of yielded huge profits - Battlefield Bad Company 2, Civilization V, Fallout: New Vegas, and Call of Duty: Black Ops. Given how the first 3 have sold, and how Modern Warfare 2 sold on Steam.....Gabe has to be a happy and rich man. |
I think it's a 60-40 split, at least according to rumours (with Valve getting the 40%).
For Garry's Mod it's a 50-50 split, mostly because it was just a mod, and Valve had the idea to put it on Steam and helped it happen. The guy that made GM can't complain though, because it sold over 770k on Steam (and still selling), and he's now a multi-millionaire.
