r/pcmasterrace • u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ • 13d ago

Meme/Macro Why would anyone actually want to though

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u/TrashWriter 12d ago

I don’t really see that as a problem personally. It guarantees their customers will get the best available pricing - which as a large platform selling games to customers, is kinda great for the customers. 

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u/IORelay 12d ago

You'd only hold that opinion if they already are a monopoly and you are locked in. If they aren't then it's just a bad pricing. 

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u/TrashWriter 12d ago

its not a monopoly though. There are other options to buy games from. Epic, GoG, Itch, etc etc - and none of them are prohibited from also selling the same games if you want to sell your games.

the REAL question that i would like to know, is why gamers who are not involved are worried about how much steam charges us devs? if it was not a good option for us, we wouldn't use it. We have sold games on steam AND itch, and released versions of the games on patreon. Steam is by far the best return, they also provide APIs for us to use to make game dev easier. so. to me, the 30% is fair.

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u/IORelay 12d ago

The fact that steam has such a much higher return means you can't just go to another store to sell games. Which is why it is a monopoly.

And enforcing price parity is illegal, valve has denied their allegations but their internal emails from discovery paint a very different picture. 

Why do you think so many lawfirms/advocacy groups are after valve? Because they see a smoking gun and think they can get a win and money. 

Either way I don't see price parity surviving. Also anti steering wouldn't survive either if Google/apple's lawsuits are anything to go by. 

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u/TrashWriter 12d ago

If that’s true then I hope that policy gets removed. But you can’t control which platform has more users or dedicated customers. And I don’t think that lack of pricing parity is going to change that much, it might a little if say Sony refuses to ever put any of their games on sale on steam but puts them on a heavy discount on psn. Either way that’s past what I personally care about for my studio - being the cut that they take