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I feel like most storefronts do this? I know Steam does this as well. Games are not allowed to be cheaper elsewhere than they are on Steam.

AlexandrB 4y ago
I thought in Steam's case this only applied if you're selling Steam keys? I.e. you can't sell Steam keys for less from your website than they are on Steam itself. I've definitely seen games for cheaper on GoG, for example. Though that may just have been a case of loose enforcement. Edit: Hmmm. How did Humble Bundle operate? Many of the games in the older "pay what you want" bundles were distributed via a Steam key. Did Steam make an exception for them?
haunter 4y ago
>Games are not allowed to be cheaper elsewhere than they are on Steam Afaik that's only if you sell Steam keys (which are generated by Valve on the request of the publisher that they then pass down to resellers like Humble for example or they sell on their own). BUT even then it sounds incredibly hard to enforce when Steam has a regional pricing policy and you can actually find games cheaper from official sources if you are in a "wrong" region
- Dracophoenix 4y ago
  If key resellers are any indication, many games have Steam keys that can only be activated in certain regions.
solardev 4y ago
That's not true, there is an entire ecosystem of Steam resellers. Check out isthereanydeal.com Almost always you can find Steam keys for significantly cheaper elsewhere (and I don't mean shady places like G2A). Greenmangaming, Fanatical, Humble, etc. are all wonderful. There's even a chrome plug in that will find alternate resellers for you while you're browsing steam.
- Dracophoenix 4y ago
  > There's even a chrome plug in that will find alternate resellers for you while you're browsing steam. I'm guessing you mean Augmented Steam? Or do you have another one?
  - solardev 4y ago
    Yep!
thayne 4y ago
"someone else does the same thing" doesn't mean it is ok.
Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
[citation needed] I frequently buy Steam keys on other sites such as Fanatical and the Humble Store because they're priced lower, so I don't think this is true at all.

AlexandrB 4y ago

I thought in Steam's case this only applied if you're selling Steam keys? I.e. you can't sell Steam keys for less from your website than they are on Steam itself. I've definitely seen games for cheaper on GoG, for example. Though that may just have been a case of loose enforcement. Edit: Hmmm. How did Humble Bundle operate? Many of the games in the older "pay what you want" bundles were distributed via a Steam key. Did Steam make an exception for them?

haunter 4y ago

>Games are not allowed to be cheaper elsewhere than they are on Steam Afaik that's only if you sell Steam keys (which are generated by Valve on the request of the publisher that they then pass down to resellers like Humble for example or they sell on their own). BUT even then it sounds incredibly hard to enforce when Steam has a regional pricing policy and you can actually find games cheaper from official sources if you are in a "wrong" region

Dracophoenix 4y ago
If key resellers are any indication, many games have Steam keys that can only be activated in certain regions.

solardev 4y ago

That's not true, there is an entire ecosystem of Steam resellers. Check out isthereanydeal.com Almost always you can find Steam keys for significantly cheaper elsewhere (and I don't mean shady places like G2A). Greenmangaming, Fanatical, Humble, etc. are all wonderful. There's even a chrome plug in that will find alternate resellers for you while you're browsing steam.

Dracophoenix 4y ago
> There's even a chrome plug in that will find alternate resellers for you while you're browsing steam. I'm guessing you mean Augmented Steam? Or do you have another one?
- solardev 4y ago
  Yep!

thayne 4y ago

"someone else does the same thing" doesn't mean it is ok.

Sohcahtoa82 4y ago

[citation needed] I frequently buy Steam keys on other sites such as Fanatical and the Humble Store because they're priced lower, so I don't think this is true at all.