Choosing not to release on Steam isn’t easy because it’s not a balanced market, at all.

It’s not Steam’s fault that the majority of the competition sucks ass.

but they take a ludicrous portion of game revenue.

It’s a standard cut for online storefronts, even today. And they even reduce their once game sales hit certain mile stones. It gets down to around 20%. The only reason anyone talks about it is because Tim Swiney harps on it nonstop because he wants to be the one with the monopoly