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But I said: “No advance, no salary, and a 20% royalty. That would be my ideal.” He came right back with: “My ideal would be no advance, no salary, and a 15% royalty.”

Those marketeers...



Today, can an indie developer command much larger royalties than this? I would think/hope so? What kind of a cut do stores like Steam take? ~30%? Does that leave the other 70% for the indie developer?

I suppose the indie is still responsible for marketing and all kinds of other stuff.




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