If you sell on steam you could also, not sell there and sell directly to you customers, right ?
Could you host your own webstore and implement a cheap key system. That way you need to a lot less for the transactions.
Could you host your own webstore and implement a cheap key system. That way you need to a lot less for the transactions.
If you follow all of that logically enough - you start to wonder, why even work in game development?
Indie development right now is basically a mirage, because the only people making sustainably good profits are those with access to lower commissions by owning their own platforms or by getting better deals from platform owners due to their size. There is a huge survivor bias.
I am only still operational because I am in Ukraine. It would be impossible in a 1st world country.
What are some examples of this? What do you mean by "platform"?
All publish their own games and either own their own platforms or are big enough to negotiate lower commissions from other platforms.