Newell also said in 2023 testimony that Steam's 'unwritten rule' against charging lower prices on other storefronts does not exist.
  • ardrak@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    Yes (or at least it was how it used to be, don’t know if it has changed) if you were selling steam keys outside of steam you should price match the steam price. If you are distributing the game some other way you can set any price you want.

    • 46_and_2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 hours ago

      I think this is true, because I’ve definitely seen games on sale at Epic that have lower price than their Steam version.

      But then I get into the quandry if I want to “own” it on Epic’s platform over Steam, and I usually don’t 🫤