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72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, according to study (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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[–] pory@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

MS Gamepass uses the same model. Some percentage of a customer's $30/mo doesn't go to Sandfall Studios for "selling" Expedition 33 on Gamepass, Sandfall got a fat lump sum from MS in exchange for MS being allowed to distribute their game to subscribers.