frazorth comments on That lawsuit against Steam’s 30% cut of game sales is now a class action, meaning many other developers could benefit

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[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Technically, you can sell Steam Keys for less. But if you sell Steam Keys somewhere else for cheaper, you need to plan giving Steam Customers the same opportunity at some point.

True, but I would consider that as technically the same as my statement.

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[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

I agree, and I am glad we are on the same page.

I just think it is important to highlight missing key-points, that people often misunderstand and can misconstrue, like the devs and lawyers from the now class action from the post. So it is important to clarify to prevent further misinformation.

Steam does not care how much you sell keys for different platforms(e.g. GOG, Epic), just Steam Keys (i.e. keys for the Steam platform).
And when you sell Steam Keys in different stores, you need to give Steam Store Customers comparable, but not necessarily at the same time or same price.

If you check the historical low on "is there any deal", often stores have games with historical low lower than Steam's historical low. From what I saw, the prices are usually around 10%~12% lower.

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