As far as I know, this only applies to Steam keys: developers are allowed to generate Steam keys for free to sell on their website (Valve does not get 30% of these sales either) with the restriction being they cannot be cheaper than the price on Steam
I don’t think there’s ever actually been any proof that Valve disallows selling games for cheaper elsewhere as long as you’re not selling those freely generated Steam keys
masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Proof? What would proof look like?
Do you expect companies to just leak contracts they signed while under NDA?
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not the companies. But some anonymous whistleblower? Sure
masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Like the anonymous whistleblower who went to a lawyer and triggered this lawsuit?
trafficnab@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
This suit seems to just be vaguely, “30% is too high”, along with requiring that DLC for a game bought on Steam also be bought on Steam, it was the Wolfire case back in 2021 that alleged they’re not allowed to sell their game for cheaper on other platforms