How is competition that benefits consumers in the form of lower prices “malicious”?
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Bratosch@lemmy.world 1 day agoBut wouldn’t that be malicious from the dev side? “Hey, don’t bother with Steam because it’s more expensive. Come buy it here instead”. Just don’t sell on Steam if that’s an issue, but we all know they want to piggyback on the exposure/trust associated with Steam.
HailSeitan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Kraiden@piefed.social 1 day ago
It’s not going to result in lower prices for consumers. It’s going to result in higher prices on Steam.
It’s also going to fragment the game market on PC. That may or may not be a good thing depending on who you ask, but personally, I like not having to hunt around for the best store to purchase my game in. I go to Steam and I know I’m not getting completely shafted. This is essentially going to allow scummy corps like Ubisoft and EA to implement a “Steam tax” because I don’t want to use their shitty, bloated, spyware riddled miserable excuse for a storefront.
qarbone@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m seeing it as “pay the Steam price for Steam integrations like achievements, if you care about that” and “pay the cheaper price for just the game.” People could “abuse” it for free marketing but I don’t think most people would do that.
And you just gotta eat those costs; sorta like how there will be some level of public aid fraud, but that doesn’t mean you cancel food stamps.