Kiaran Ritchie, former principal animation engineer at Epic Games kicked off discussions surrounding Steam’s 30% sales cut last week (with the assertion that “you could vibe code a Steam alternative in a week”).
It took Steam so long to add a shopping cart, because there weren’t many games in Steam at that time anyway. And it took so long for Epic Games to add a shopping cart, because nobody wanted to buy many games on Epic anyway (due to either Fortnite only play or just to grab Free Game giveaways).
It took Steam so long to add a shopping cart, because there weren’t many games in Steam at that time anyway. And it took so long for Epic Games to add a shopping cart, because nobody wanted to buy many games on Epic anyway (due to either Fortnite only play or just to grab Free Game giveaways).
It turns out “some other company will make more money” isn’t a compelling sales pitch for your store. Who knew