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Blizzard games are coming to Steam (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/games
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I guess they're giving up on convincing people to download their launcher.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Ads. Ads and data harvesting.

[–] thann 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

yeah, plus steam takes 30%

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The games are coming to Steam. Even if the launcher is there, Steam still gets the 30%

[–] thann 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IDK what your comment is about, but its not a coincidence the first blizz game coming to steam is free to play,

[–] pory 2 points 1 year ago

In-app purchases, mtx, DLC, and premium currency are also subject to Valve tax for games that are on Steam. Free to play means "enough people pay $200+ that we can get away with not selling it for $50", putting it on Steam still means Valve gets a piece of the pie.