I think the elephant in the room is that Apple is just doing what other closed platform distributors do, in an area where we aren't quite as used to it.
I make AAA video games, so 30% for me is basically standard.
* Valve: 30%
* Playstation: 30%
* Xbox: 30%
* Nintendo eShop: 30%
It's only the competitors that give better rates in the open-ish platforms, but people *openly* hate them; (I legitimately still have people denigrating uPlay and EPIC to my face, aggressively, when they find out what games I make).
* Microsoft Store: 15% (12% for games)
* EPIC: 12%
I'm sure there's not much sympathy for AAA here, and it's the nature of consoles to sell the hardware at a loss (something not true for iPhones), but for me when I see the outrage I'm always incredulous.. as this already existing and accepted ecosystem is what Apple are modelling.
I find it ironic that Xbox of all people would complain.
I make AAA video games, so 30% for me is basically standard.
* Valve: 30%
* Playstation: 30%
* Xbox: 30%
* Nintendo eShop: 30%
It's only the competitors that give better rates in the open-ish platforms, but people *openly* hate them; (I legitimately still have people denigrating uPlay and EPIC to my face, aggressively, when they find out what games I make).
* Microsoft Store: 15% (12% for games)
* EPIC: 12%
I'm sure there's not much sympathy for AAA here, and it's the nature of consoles to sell the hardware at a loss (something not true for iPhones), but for me when I see the outrage I'm always incredulous.. as this already existing and accepted ecosystem is what Apple are modelling.
I find it ironic that Xbox of all people would complain.