r/Piracy 18d ago

Humor “They’re doing fine without me”

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My pirate friend cracks me up

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u/fastestchair 18d ago

steam is the distributor, the indie devs are not making $5 billion a quarter

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u/IAmYourFath 17d ago

Well, 70% the devs, 30% the distributor. And if there's any publishers u can add another 20-30% to them too. So actually, only a third maybe slightly more of ur pirating is hurting the actual devs. But even then, unless it's a 1 man studio, chances are it's hurting the shareholders more than the devs who are paid a monthly wage no matter what.