You might be suing Valve right now without even knowing it. A massive £656 million ($899 million) class-action lawsuit has been greenlit in the UK, accusing ...
They say that Valve over charges users. How can this be? I went to PC because consoles were too expensive. Games are almost always cheaper on Steam. I’m I missing something here?
There is a grain of truth in their motivated framing. Steam has a clause saying developers cannot sell at a cheaper price on other platforms, though if I remember correctly, that’s specifically the ‘normal’ as in ‘not based on a discount’ price. There is an argument to be made that this prevents competitive pricing on other platforms. (same kind of thing Amazon does to mess with the merchants on there) Most other parts of the steam system are pretty good though. If they settle and get Valve to remove that clause, it’d be great, but I fully expect Steam to remain the dominant force due to their other practices.
They say that Valve over charges users. How can this be? I went to PC because consoles were too expensive. Games are almost always cheaper on Steam. I’m I missing something here?
Regional pricing? I checked some games on steamdb and polish prices were completely bonkers for example
It’s developer’s choice to set regional pricing on Steam, otherwise it defaults to exchange rates
There is a grain of truth in their motivated framing. Steam has a clause saying developers cannot sell at a cheaper price on other platforms, though if I remember correctly, that’s specifically the ‘normal’ as in ‘not based on a discount’ price. There is an argument to be made that this prevents competitive pricing on other platforms. (same kind of thing Amazon does to mess with the merchants on there) Most other parts of the steam system are pretty good though. If they settle and get Valve to remove that clause, it’d be great, but I fully expect Steam to remain the dominant force due to their other practices.