Microsoft Chops Games Revenue Share, Undercuts Steam – channelnews – ChannelNews

In good news for developers, Microsoft has just announced plans to cut its revenue share for games on the Windows Store, starting from 1 August this year. Itll drop from 30 per cent (which is standard for the industry) to only 12 per cent.
Rival company Steam, on the other hand, still pockets 30 per cent from game publishers, so Microsofts move is clearly a competitive one.
Meanwhile, Epic Games also sits at the 12 per cent mark, so with Microsoft meeting it, the entire landscape could change. Perhaps…

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