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My friends and I play Apex through Steam, which I downloaded for free. When you click to purchase "Apex coins", it takes you straight to EA's website. Apple wan
by verall 5y ago
My friends and I play Apex through Steam, which I downloaded for free. When you click to purchase "Apex coins", it takes you straight to EA's website. Apple wants to enforce a cut on every purchase of in-game currency. Steam does not do this.
And Valve allows you to sell steam keys on your own website also without paying the cut, so long as you don't undercut the steam store.
- ninjinxo 5y agoSteam does take a cut for microtransactions, very likely force price parity, and put the developers under NDAs: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1ogbo7/will_money_from_steam_wallet_be_eligible_for/#ccs0a41 https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1ogbo7/will_mo...
- verall 5y agoThey take a cut for microtransactions that they process, but you are free to use your own service. They do require price parity. That link doesn't seem related at all.
- ninjinxo 5y ago>you are free to use your own service Do you have any sources on how restrictive valve are or have been with that, or is that just speculation? Can developers default to their own payment systems and bypass valve's, or is theirs required to take a secondary, less-accessible option (when it's even allowed)? From the same thread, the mtx cut taken was a dealbreaker for redfall studios, so it certainly sounds like they didnt get the option for their own mtx transaction service: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1ogbo7/will_money_from_steam_wallet_be_eligible_for/ccsoq3a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1ogbo7/will_mo... If the direct links to comments aren't working, try logging into your reddit account.