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minus-square@[email protected]BlinkfedilinkEnglish0•7 months agotheres a number of other stores, and no one forces you to be on any store anyway. you can put the game on your own website. this should not be an anti-trust issue. you dont like steam taking 30% cut? dont go to steam then…
minus-square@[email protected]BlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoThe issue isn’t even The Steam platform, that i Gather Valve has a policy that Steam Keys Cannot be sold cheaper on other platforms However Developers can still generate and sell their own Keys, on other platforms, At a lower price (Like on GoG, Humble store) Theres nothint stopping a Dev from using multiple platforms, they just can’t distribute Steam specific keys on another storefront cheaper
theres a number of other stores, and no one forces you to be on any store anyway. you can put the game on your own website.
this should not be an anti-trust issue. you dont like steam taking 30% cut? dont go to steam then…
The issue isn’t even The Steam platform, that i Gather
Valve has a policy that Steam Keys Cannot be sold cheaper on other platforms
However
Developers can still generate and sell their own Keys, on other platforms, At a lower price (Like on GoG, Humble store)
Theres nothint stopping a Dev from using multiple platforms, they just can’t distribute Steam specific keys on another storefront cheaper