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> Heck, maybe we're even ok with paying a premium just to get our games ported to Mac. On this point specifically, price parity is a prickly subject among game
by brucethemoose2 3y ago
> Heck, maybe we're even ok with paying a premium just to get our games ported to Mac.
On this point specifically, price parity is a prickly subject among game devs.
For instance, there are allegations of Steam harassing devs who charge less for games on storefonts with fees cheaper than Steam's 30% cut, hence you never see a game cheaper on Epic Games than it is on Steam. And IIRC thats actually policy on the iOS AppStore and Google Play... How that survives antitrust law, I don't know.
There's also the issue of things simply going wrong on the less popular storefronts, with MS's Store being a particularly good example. Publishers don't like that kind of fuss.
- Iulioh 3y ago------ >For instance, there are allegations of Steam harassing devs who charge less for games on storefonts with fees cheaper than Steam's 30% cut ----- Isn't it in the steam guidelines? Or it was for steam keys sold outside steam iirc
- brucethemoose2 3y agoThat is for stores that sell Steam Keys. Last I checked, there's nothing in the TOS about other storefronts on other system.