• Rose@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Valve prohibit that, according to the lawsuit filed by Wolfire Games.

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      1 year ago

      There’s no way that can be legal. I generally support Valve but that is monopolistic as hell.

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      1 year ago

      That only applies to the steam keys valve supplies to developers that have a 0% cut. Also doing regional pricing would be a massive headache if that were true due to different stores having different recommended price conversions.

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        1 year ago

        The claim specifically mentions Epic and quotes a Valve employee who made statements to the effect of it being prohibited, irrespective of whether a Steam key is involved. Read from page 47 and pay attention to the last paragraphs of page 55.

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        1 year ago

        What do you mean by this?

        doing regional pricing would be a massive headache if that were true

        Aren’t games regionally priced like forever ? I’ve buying key’s in GB because they are cheaper. Also Doesn’t steam lock you out of your games if you bought US version and travel to the other side of the world? I just vaguely remember people complaining about it.