Agent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoGearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1253arrow-down1external-linkGearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”arstechnica.comAgent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square115fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·4 months agoThe keys that put the game in your Steam library are. And that’s what those pricing guidelines are about; Steam keys, not the actual game.
minus-squarewhenyellowstonehasitsday@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down11·4 months agoyou’d hope, wouldn’t you? But when I asked Valve about this plan, they replied that they would remove Overgrowth from Steam if I allowed it to be sold at a lower price anywhere, even from my own website without Steam keys and without Steam’s DRM.
The keys that put the game in your Steam library are. And that’s what those pricing guidelines are about; Steam keys, not the actual game.
you’d hope, wouldn’t you?