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Valve is definitely getting some kind of money out of the deal.
by jsjohnst 6y ago
Valve is definitely getting some kind of money out of the deal.
- throwaway2048 6y agoThey are not "Steam keys are meant to be a convenient tool for game developers to sell their game on other stores and at retail. Steam keys are free and can be activated by customers on Steam to grant a license to a product." https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/keys https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/keys
- throwaway53453 6y agoI'm a developer who uses Steamworks. Keys are free for us to generate and sell at will. Valve reserve the right to say no, but from what I can tell, their only policy is to not take the piss (selling millions of keys), and not to charge more to customers who buy directly from Steam.
- jsjohnst 6y agoI didn’t mean to say they are getting a direct cut as sibling commenters indicated, but Valve definitely is getting at least some kind of money indirectly out of them offering this.