[chupasaurus]

> they're just trying to release their games without paying the Steam Tax.

By not paying the Steam Tax, publishers are paying Engineering Tax and risks for fails in their distribution platforms.

I have Vietnam flashbacks from Origin and Uplay. EA fixed their's in 2015, but latter is still a bughole and the reason I don't even look at Ubi's games. Latest Bethesda release is a clear example of that problem.

[nimish]

RDR2 sold ~800MM. 25% of that is 200MM, which is far more than it takes to set up a basic digital storefront. I doubt Valve bothers with a fraction of that for ongoing operations given how terrible the steam UX really is.

[user5994461]

Damn. That's not enough to cover Amazon network fees for transferring 100M copies of 100GB.

[chupasaurus]

And we don't know about the cut Sony and MS have from that.

[diminoten]

I don't think the vast majority of gamers give a shit about Uplay's terribleness.