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[-] sirdorius@programming.dev -1 points 11 months ago

The price is the same because of a Most Favored Nations clause in Steam's ToS. Publishers have to sell it at the same or higher price on other platforms to keep their product on Steam, which is the lion's share of the market. This is part of the accusation in the lawsuit: https://programming.dev/comment/5159579

Now you could argue that even if it were removed, publishers would still sell at the same price and keep the extra profit, but that's just hypothetical at this point.

[-] BigVault@kbin.social 21 points 11 months ago

Even on EGS exclusives? No such clause should affect the price if it’s not on sale on another store.

Not one single EGS exclusive has been sold at less than standard prices afaik.

The whole thing is bullshit.

[-] AnonTwo@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

Didn't that clause already go to court, and it was found to only apply to steam keys, not all releases of the game?

[-] Rose@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago

No, the trial hasn't started yet. In the complaint, the plaintiffs quote Valve saying that it applies not only to Steam keys but to everything.

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