Price fixing is extremely anti-consumer. They’re not ensuring the price is lower on Steam, they’re ensuring that it’s higher everywhere else. Having a higher price than competing stores doesn’t have to steer people away from your own if you offer a better service but Valve isn’t willing to do that so they screw the consumer instead.
Price fixing is extremely anti-consumer. They’re not ensuring the price is lower on Steam, they’re ensuring that it’s higher everywhere else. Having a higher price than competing stores doesn’t have to steer people away from your own if you offer a better service but Valve isn’t willing to do that so they screw the consumer instead.