My understanding is before he got the job he was extremely committed to promoting PR messaging from CIG.

You reap what you sow and all that…

I meant market in the real sense not the American polemical form.

A real market-driven price/cut is determined by supply and demand, the 30% figure was chosen by some American oligarchs that Valve decided to copy.

Have you ever wondered why it’s not 29.1% or 34.5% and the 30% figure never changes (other than than for well connected insiders?). How can market driven price never change, especially in a highly dynamic globalized market like gaming?

Steam/Valve are not the good guys, they seem more normal because they are not complete shit like all other large gaming companies.

The 30% cut is clearly not market driven. Network effects are not an inherent property of Steam itself.

They also pioneered lootboxes and tried to do their best to scam on refunds (typical American bullshit).