Valve Changes Steam Keys Policy
The reason for this change is that Valve does not take a cut from any Steam keys generated to sell a game via other means, such as in Humble Bundle, or on a developer’s own website. This means that while Valve is still incurring server and upkeep costs, they are not getting anything for those sales- an issue for developers who just use Steam to get on the storefront and have keys generated, but then proceed to sell games elsewhere to keep a bigger cut.
While this is undoubtedly a loss for several smaller games, who now have to vie for the spotlight on an increasingly crowded Steam storefront- in the end, Valve can’t be blamed for essentially trying to protect their interests against what can charitably be termed only as freeloaders.
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SilkyPosted:
Suprised this wasn't added sooner as it's just a logical thing to do, won't make a difference either way to us everyday users though.
EchoPosted:
It's understandable on Steam's side tbh, But i'm surprised this wasn't cracked down on before hand ?? Would've thought they were on top of this
DecyPosted:
Sounds like the developers getting all there buddys free games lol. i see why steam are doing this tho.. it really isn't helping them at all.
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