Valve vs. Epic: Inside the Battle Over Platform Fees
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Court documents reveal Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney's anger at Valve's 30% platform fees for listing games on Steam, with unearthed emails showing his frustration and motivation behind launching the competing Epic Games Store in 2018. Sweeney criticized Valve and Apple for squeezing "the little guy" with what he saw as inflated fees, and urged Valve to lower its platform fees to demonstrate that store competition leads to better rates for all developers, in an effort to steer Apple towards fully opening up iOS.
- “You a—holes”: Court docs reveal Epic CEO's anger at Steam's 30% fees Ars Technica
- In 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out there PC Gamer
- Valve COO on Epic's Tim Sweeney "you mad bro?" when launching the Epic Store GamingOnLinux
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