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| IcaroRibeiro said:
1) MFN is only to steam keys it. You can't sell Steam keys for other prices in other stores. You can sell your games for other prices in other stores, you can buy games at lower prices at Epic for instance 2) Not a problem at all to customers, only to developers I guess? 3) Not a problem at all to customers either (and we don't know the cut on other store fronts) Valve pretty much ceased to be a gaming developer, they are more a marketplace now. So lack of games don't bother me (and I never found their games to be good) so whatever |
(1.) This is not true: the anti-trust suite pertains not only to the resale of Steam keys (which appears to be a contractual restriction), but also toward the anti-competitive measures Valve enforces on games which are offered for less on alternative online storefronts. [Source.] [Reddit post with source and corroboration.]
(2.) (3.) You are missing the point: this behavior demonstrates a business built upon by aggressively greedy strategies, as is the case with all business. (Also, taking too large of a cut from publishers will impact consumers in a similar manner in which the cost of tariffs transfer over to consumers. That’s why many games sell on Steam with micro-transactions and/or Digital Deluxe Editions which skyrocket software prices beyond what you’d find on Nintendo, for instance.)
(4.) Again, you are missing the point: Valve is not a company which doesn’t serve the consumer, but their bottom line. They’d rather lay on a bed of money through a highly profitable storefront than cater to their consumers with actual software. If you find Nintendo or Sony to be problematic—as you are often vocal in expressing—then it makes no sense for you to lend an exception to Valve who us arguably engaging in far more predatory behavior.
Last edited by firebush03 - on 05 November 2025
