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Steam has the biggest reach and has a Most Favored Nation policy. If you offer your product cheaper anywhere else, you'll be exiled from Steam.
It's required. And they'll charge whatever the fuck they want and you'll pay it. Otherwise, you're never selling your game outside of your family.
I don't think that's a fair categorisations. I believe that is only for selling steam keys elsewhere.
Steam allows publishers to generate steam keys for their games at no cost. The publisher can then sell those keys elsewhere. The only requirement is the keys not be sold for less than the price charged on steam. ie if the publisher can sell the key on any other platform and valve gets $0.
Expecting valve to distribute your game and provide access to their steam works features for free while allowing a publisher to undercut them would be insanity.
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/keys
I was speaking of selling. Nothing to do with steam keys.
Yes, we know.
And you are wrong.
This is completely incorrect.
The rule is that
There is absolutely no rule saying that you cannot sell your game on alternative store fronts for less. There isn't even a rule saying that you can't sell Steam keys on alternative store fronts for less than you are currently selling them of Steam. Just not always selling Steam keys on alternative store fronts without at least sometimes selling them for that price on Steam.
There's a effective rule. It's not written, because it could lead to legal trouble, but they'll enforce it anyway.
https://www.lawinc.com/valve-steam-antitrust-lawsuit-pc-gaming
That PR site is NOT what is actually being sued.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/04/humble-bundle-creator-brings-antitrust-lawsuit-against-valve-over-steam/
The actual suit complains that you can't resell keys for less.
As part of a larger suit.
Geoblocking keys within the EU market was deemed illegal, the key reselling policy wasn't. It doesn't seem unfair either as Steam allows developers to create keys for free. If they were to allow cheaper sales elsewhere, how would they keep the lights on?
Valve policy states you cannot undercut the base price on another site, sales happen all the time on GOG and Epic that do not happen on Valve. The steam keys mean the developer cannot resell the keys at a lower cost since it provides access to Steam features such as the workshop and cloud storage.
You also do not need to use Steam, Steam OS and Steam Deck are completely open source with alternative game stores, the 30% cut you give Steam is entirely voluntary.
Steam is literally just preventing people from using Steam services to undercut Steam itself, if you cannot see past the market share or why Steam is the big dog on the block you should do more research or go outside. Stop simping for overegulation.
Again, only if you use Steam keys, a Steam feature. Limited time sales are also still allowed on Steam keys. You can undercut Steam prices if you do not sell a steam key with it.
If you want to sell your game keyless on GOG for cheaper you can, and should.
That is exactly what is happening though?
"It is important that you donโt give Steam customers a worse deal than Steam Key purchasers." https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/keys#:~:text=It%20is%20important%20that%20you%20don%E2%80%99t%20give%20Steam%20customers%20a%20worse%20deal%20than%20Steam%20Key%20purchasers.