Post by EmperorCat in "Demo on itch.io, full game only on Steam" is VERY frustrating

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I think Itch should start charging or forcing a mandatory cut and publishing fee to keep the infrastructure up.

Could help them hire mods or even devs to work on the site for algorithm matching and to tag games and assets correctly for search.

Will also keep the garbage hoping to make a quick buck out. Eg. Devs like Pirate Software that are grifters.

This opinion will prove unpopular, but the truth is all of us are taking advantage of Leaf's kindness and sometimes just paying lip service and saying he is such a good person.

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sharpestcookie11 days ago

This is 100% a service issue that Itch could solve. Do they not know where to start? Do they choose not to care because that’s the “indie” thing to do? I’ve noticed the toxic indie hubris sort of stuff in other niche communities, but I don’t know that much about their behind the scenes stuff, so I’m just guessing.

Also, there aren’t many paid games here in general because they’re on Steam…which has a shopping cart so we can buy multiple games at once instead of individually (that’s a barrier to sales, idc what anyone says). Even GOG managed this, so what’s going on?

I think that if Itch implemented a much lower percentage than Steam’s - like 5% - that’s more than reasonable. Kinda like that Cost Plus Drugs thing, where they only charge the cost of the drug plus a markup to keep the lights on? Nobody’s making kajillions of dollars off grandma’s cancer treatment, you know?

Anyway, I’m ranting lol

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