Gregory's Server@eniko My cross-platform experience with the (mostly) mobile platforms is that Apple (iOS) isn't too bad. Apple (macOS) is a lot of work for very little return (approximately 0% of total sales). Google Play is a lot more work for around the same return as iOS. On Steam, macOS is around 5-6% of total sales and Linux is around 2-3%.
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  @eniko It doesn't surprise me that Steamdeck is higher. My numbers go back to well before it, so I expect there are a lot of Windows purchases that have moved over. Those still show up as "Windows" in the stats, because those are based on the platform used at the time of purchase. @eniko Though TBF, despite 6 figures of revenue and a decent long tail, Steam *still* doesn't let us request "Steam Deck Verified" status, so that probably hurts our Steam Deck numbers. @maltzen yes i was complaining about that the other day. we were also not given the button in the lottery. though apparently complaining about it loudly online helped cause suddenly the next day we were informed there was a steam deck review and we were verified  @maltzen @eniko I think what would be most interesting to consider for Steam sales data, is Steam Decks versus Laptops. Because part of me feels that the *big* draw of the Steam Deck has got to be the same as the Switch - the ability to effectively treat it like a home or handheld console, and that...sort of sounds like the laptop market for PC gaming?  @maltzen The hardware upgrade treadmill means our mac mini build server is probably on borrowed time, and that's in a data centre so a pain to replace. @maltzen Getting to that point was a lot of sweat and tears though. The scripting around it all isn't something I could replicate easily. |
@maltzen so for us on steam for midboss, mac is 3.5% and linux is 3.0%
that's not the interesting part though. for kitsune tails the linux share is 22.6% of units, presumably because of the steam deck. that makes a native linux port very worthwhile (even with proton) and makes mac look rather weak