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WoodenPints said:

Ryuu96 said:

They would, even if it was 1st party only, but Valve ain't unreasonable, I think they could make it beneficial to both.

And lets be honest, if Microsoft could get Game Pass on PS/Switch, they absolutely would, so I think there's a way it works for Steam too.

Just don't believe Steam would allow a Game Pass with 3rd party too, that's sales being taken away from Steam.

Well you can already choose to completely cut Steam out of a game purchase and still leech all their bandwidth and features without giving them a penny so maybe they could work something out like we won't take 30% from Gamepass sub but how about you give us a bigger cut of purchases that come from Gamepass sub owners that choose to buy first party games on Steam I think Microsoft would comprise some things like that to get Gamepass going on Steam.

It's also why although Steam my have close to a monopoly on where you play games on PC there is many options to cut out giving them money with hundreds of third party retailers or buying direct from developers/publishers make it a very open platform compared to every other big platform in the industry.

Yeah, a bigger cut from purchases from Game Pass owners could be a nice option for both companies. Steam already cut themselves down to a 20% cut from titles which do over $50m revenue so for Microsoft it could be that for certain titles, they're simply returning to the original amount (30%). For ones which aren't $50m, well, can make it 35% or something, Lol.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 21 January 2024