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ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Limited time sales is not what’s being talked about. Those are allowed.

It’s the regular pricing. A game listed on steam needs to make up for their 30% cut. Some other sites take a smaller cut. But multiple game companies have found that trying to list their games on non-steam key selling websites, for less money (because they don’t have to make up for as big a cut) are getting threatened to have their games removed from Steam for doing so. This is well outside any clause in Steam TOS, and would be illegal even if it was covered.

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imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

But multiple game companies have found that trying to list their games on non-steam key selling websites, for less money (because they don’t have to make up for as big a cut) are getting threatened to have their games removed from Steam for doing so.

Has any of these claims been proven yet?

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- ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  They’re still working their way through the courts.
  
  One of them is over two years old, though, so it’s not just a clout chaser blowing hot air based on absolutely nothing.
  
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  - imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    One of them is over two years old
    
    Which only proves my point. They allegedly do, and we yet to discover if they actually do it or Epic, Ubisoft and whatever another publisher are lying. 2 years to prove if Valve was abusing the system and still nothing out there to confirm this suspicion.
    
    I suspect that is really tough to prove and that is why eventually case will be dropped due to lack of evidence.
    
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    ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    A court case with zero evidence doesn’t last 2 years…
    
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