• SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world
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    55 minutes ago

    That’s simply not true. They aren’t supposed to generate steam keys and then sell them at a lower price at other stores. Which is completely fair, as you can generate keys for free, but the game would still be using steams servers and services. But you can absolutely sell a game for cheaper on other store fronts if it isn’t using steams backend.

    • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip
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      17 minutes ago

      It IS true. They’ve threatened to delist developers who wanted to sell on non-steam key sites at lower prices.

      There’s a ongoing class action lawsuit (which is already 2+ years old), started by Wolfire games, for exactly this scenario.