Former Paradox CEO says Steam's Revenue Split is "outrageous"

You’re right. It’s even worse. The publisher gets less than half.

Alex Pham discussed the video game prices division back in 2010 with the New York Times. We can assume that some things have changed since these statistics were gathered, but it’s still a good starting point. From every $60 video game sale, we can estimate that roughly 27 of those dollars go to the publisher (Ubisoft, for instance), $15 goes to the retailer (GameStop, Target, or other stores), $7 each goes to returns (games that don’t sell) and the platform (such as Xbox), and the remaining $4 goes to distribution and cost of goods.

https://gamerant.com/video-game-prices-breakdown-514/

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