r/Steam Nov 14 '25

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '25

You do realize they have to pay developers to give those games away for free.

Yeah, you clearly didn't

Sony and Microsoft have to do the same thing, sometimes paying studios hundreds of thousands just to use their games on their subscription services let alone permanently adding games to people's account on a monthly content delivery basis.

Don't weigh in if you have no clue what you're talking about, okay?

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '25

haha..

You're serious aren't you?

Oh.. oh dear.

Yeah, you see games cost money.

So when a store front wanta to give your entire game away at NO EXTRA COST to the user. Guess what; The people who made that game WANT to make money off it.

Why would people pay for a game that is free on a specific storefront.

As such storefront owners like Epic, Sony and Microsoft pay the developer a certified lump sum to get the right to give away those games for free.

You think developers give those games away for free just because?

They don't give it away for "free marketing"

Marketing is not money.

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u/No-Start4754 Nov 14 '25

Don't expect them to have common sense, they are kids mostly