Comment on Why is Valve being sued for almost $900 million, but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?

• Nibodhika@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s not true, it only applies if you’re selling a steam key. Devs are free to set the price on any platform they want, want proof? Check out the currently free game on epic which has never been free on Steam.

  Steam provides developers with infinite steam keys that they can sell outside of steam for 100% profit, however those keys cannot be sold at a lesser price than what it’s sold on steam. Which honestly sounds like common sense.

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  • Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That itself is false too with a quick look at isthereanydeals showing lot of steam games being sold cheaper outside of the steam store.

    Even the Steam key guidelines don’t explicitly state that steam keys can’t be sold cheaper.

    It’s OK to run a discount for Steam Keys on different stores at different times as long as you plan to give a comparable offer to Steam customers within a reasonable amount of time.

    partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/keys

    Key word being comparable which is why if you are a user of isthereanydeals or /r/gamedeals you’ve likely gotten most of your steam games from outside the official Steam store.

    I think some people just assume Steam sales must be the cheapest and don’t look beyond it.

    I am puzzled why people believe Steam keys can’t be sold outside Steam unless they never looked outside the Steam store.

    This is one example of a game that isnt too old.

    isthereanydeal.com/game/silent-hill-f/info/

    Historical low is $31.49 from Fanatical and Steam low is $41.99

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