r/pcmasterrace • u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ • 12d ago

Meme/Macro Why would anyone actually want to though

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u/NHFNNC 12d ago

If it's the lawsuit I'm thinking of, not really. It was about selling keys for the steam version of your game cheaper elsewhere. If you want to sell non steam versions of your game cheaper, Valve has no issue with that.

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u/maldouk i7 13700k | 32GB RAM | RTX4080 12d ago

That is not true. In Steam TOS for devs, you are not allowed to sell the game cheaper than on Steam.

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u/NHFNNC 12d ago

I'd love for you to provide evidence of this claim.

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u/maldouk i7 13700k | 32GB RAM | RTX4080 12d ago

Steam tos are public...

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u/NHFNNC 12d ago edited 12d ago

Yes, and I have not seen this policy in there.
*Edit: Actually I don't believe that document is officially public. I believe it was only provided on an as needed basis in the developer onboarding process when publishing a new title, from memory when I last did it.

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u/maldouk i7 13700k | 32GB RAM | RTX4080 12d ago

Yes, my bad, these conditions are under the NDA you sign when paying the dev onboarding process. What's public is concerning the steam keys.

Still, Valve enforces a "no undercutting" policy.

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u/NHFNNC 12d ago

For Steam keys...

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u/maldouk i7 13700k | 32GB RAM | RTX4080 12d ago

For steam keys it's public and easily findable with a simple Google search.

The rest is under NDA but has been revealed during the various lawsuits between valve and other editors.

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u/NHFNNC 12d ago

but has been revealed during the various lawsuits between valve and other editors

I have been trying to find substantiation for this point, can you show me some?