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While Steam has been focusing on maintaining its position as the most popular PC storefront, Valve’s video game output on other platforms has very much been seemingly demoted to a secondary focus for the company. In a recent Q&A however, Gabe Newell teased the return of Valve to other systems. During a recent appearance, Gabe Newell took part in a Q&A session, where the Valve CEO was asked “will Steam be porting any games to consoles, or will it just stay on PC?” to which Newell responded by claiming that “you will get a better idea of that by the end of this year. And I don’t think...

Published on 29 Apr, 2021 Microsoft have announced plans to decrease the cut they take from sales of PC games on the Microsoft Store, with devs soon to get 88% instead of the industry standard 70%. That will bring them exactly in line with the Epic Games Store. While the Microsoft Store is undeniably rubbish as a store, this can only increase pressure on Valve to offer devs a bigger share of sales through Steam. "Starting on August 1, the developer share of Microsoft Store PC games sales revenue will increase to 88%, from 70%," said Sarah Bond, Microsoft's head of game c...

While Steam has long been the go-to home for the PC player base, the proliferation of other platforms, notably the Epic Games Store, has encouraged developers to think beyond Valve's offering as their PC platform of choice. But, as seems to be the case with many aspects of game development, launching on a new platform is no small feat, and no surefire route to success, either. On paper, a new platform provides the opportunity to attract new players, and all the benefits that would entail. However, the launch process is also cost intensive, time intensive, and the promise of thousands of play...