Started a week ago and I'm angry (imagine that)

[KyroeFelix]

The real revenue stream from an MMO is through retained subscriptions rather than the frontal purchase...Square is getting less than if they were to have sold you a months sub due to manufacturing fees/retailer cuts/etc.

Except the game was bought on Steam, so Square got full profit from this customer. +1 Square.

[Marishi-Ten]

Except the game was bought on Steam, so Square got full profit from this customer. +1 Square.

Is this full profit before or after Steam got it's cut, operating costs, recouping costs, etc? Non GAAP or GAAP financial reporting?

[Zezlar]

Except the game was bought on Steam, so Square got full profit from this customer. +1 Square.

No they don't. Steam takes a slice off of the revenue from the sale. Just because it's digital doesn't mean that there are not fees associated with selling it. If Square-Enix themselves sold it to us digitally through their own service then sure. However, Steam takes a cut, as does Amazon, MSFT, Sony, or any other digital provider.

Why would steam allow SE to use their servers to distribute TBs of Data for free? It doesn't make any sense. The real money is through subs.

[Chiramu]

I think OP, you are just an angry person. Every game needs time to install and patch when it's new on your computer. It doesn't matter what sort of game it is, server's also need maintaining, why would we pay $15 a month for a poorly run server?