If being on Steam gets you 43% more sales than not being on Steam, then the 30% pays for itself, even ignoring the saving in hosting and bandwidth costs. Everyone's free to make their own decisions of course, but "not putting game on Steam because the aim is to make more money" isn't a terribly reality-based position for anyone EA-sized and below.
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Thanks. I'm looking forward on trying the game for the first time, i would have earlier if it was on Steam for sure. It's just so simple clickety click on all platforms.