Correct me if I’m wrong, but this article (and case?) has nothing to do with keys.
It’s just about steam saying: If you want to sell on other platforms, even if the other platforms don’t use any of valve services, they need to have the same price as on steam. Which would be clear monopolistic behaviour imo. (-> does rainbow six siege on ubisoft connect use any valve servers/services? You don’t get a steam key on ubisoft connect afaik)
For those who downvote: please explain where I am wrong. Thank you.
Steam was saying that if they want to sell it cheaper elsewhere then they should also sell it cheaper on steam. Steam threatened to delist the game if the prices weren’t consistent because it was comparatively overpriced by a significant amount.
They did not say the publisher needed to raise the price elsewhere, just that it needed to be consistent.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but this article (and case?) has nothing to do with keys. It’s just about steam saying: If you want to sell on other platforms, even if the other platforms don’t use any of valve services, they need to have the same price as on steam. Which would be clear monopolistic behaviour imo. (-> does rainbow six siege on ubisoft connect use any valve servers/services? You don’t get a steam key on ubisoft connect afaik)
For those who downvote: please explain where I am wrong. Thank you.
Steam was saying that if they want to sell it cheaper elsewhere then they should also sell it cheaper on steam. Steam threatened to delist the game if the prices weren’t consistent because it was comparatively overpriced by a significant amount.
They did not say the publisher needed to raise the price elsewhere, just that it needed to be consistent.