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brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 day agoThat’s not really true. Most recent games I’ve bought, I tried to buy off Steam. But they weren’t available anywhere else.
It also hardly even matters as no one on Steam is allowed to price below Steam. So they effectively control pricing power, like Sony; the screws just aren’t so tight yet.
I find it pretty hard to believe that you couldn’t find a major game on Epic or the Microsoft store. An indie title? Sure, a lot of those are limited to Steam, because the devs prefer it.
No idea what you’re on about with not being able to price below Steam. That is not a thing.
Yeah, it’s mostly newer indie or “AA” games I’ve been into.
On the pricing: blog.subimpact.net/…/valve-allegedly-threatened-t…
But in a nutshell, the allegations is that Steam threatens to delist games if they’re priced lower than Steam on other storefronts, similar to what Walmart or Amazon are accused of doing.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s not true at all.