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Valve antitrust lawsuit reportedly reveals lengths Steam owner is willing to go to prevent cheaper prices elsewhere (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] 16 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This isn't about steam keys, it's about Valve throwing their weight around.

Valve was arguing that Rainbow Six Siege needs to change their pricing on UPlay or they would be delisted.

It's the equivalent of Amazon telling a manufacturer that they can't sell their product at a lower price on their own website if they want to sell it on Amazon.

None of this should be defended.

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  • [–] -2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    No, it would be like Amazon saying that a manufacturer cannot use Amazon to ship goods sold on their own website if they're going to sell at a lower price. That is reasonable. Steam keys are a means of distribution. If steam is going to provide the file transfer, cloud saves, multiplayer server hosting, community page, and workshop page for your game, then don't sell your steam keys for less than the game on steam.

    If you want to sell a key for epic for less than you list the game on steam, they do not stop you from doing so.

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