I've been actually building a rhythm game for a long time and already have the account and voucher f

I've been actually building a rhythm game for a long time and already have the account and voucher for publishing it. I just need to finish it which will take a looong time... The scope was to big for me alone lol

AAlex&Indie nono, its "We won't nuke you off of our platform if you forget to apply a sale o...

Valerie•7/7/24, 9:37 PM

Ok so what about non-steam licenses on other stores, can those be lower priced?

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Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:38 PM

yes, and its how steam wants it to be, once the bulk is over, you have to match the same sales at the same price within digital steam purchase on the steam store

Muko Tabi•7/7/24, 9:38 PM

I bought lower price steam game on gog and dlsite

Muko Tabi•7/7/24, 9:38 PM

seems fine to me

VValerie Ok so what about non-steam licenses on other stores, can those be lower priced?

Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:38 PM

idk, depends on their partnership, if they make keys

Zuvy🦕•7/7/24, 9:39 PM

Is there a ujust command to install atuin?

KKero I've been actually building a rhythm game for a long time and already have the a...

KeroOP•7/7/24, 9:40 PM

Since the game is going to be pretty niche and I'm actually going to rely on Steam SDK for some stuff I don't really care about other platforms

MMuko Tabi I bought lower price steam game on gog and dlsite

Sou Suzumi•7/7/24, 9:40 PM

But when you buy on gog you are not buying a "steam key", you are buying the game on gogś platform

Sou Suzumi•7/7/24, 9:41 PM

Valve has an issue if you sell Steam key undercutting them while making use of their infrastructure and bandwidth

KKero Since the game is going to be pretty niche and I'm actually going to rely on Ste...

Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:41 PM

you are pretty safe with steam honestly, that 30% tax is for so much stuff

Muko Tabi•7/7/24, 9:41 PM

the more we talk about it, the lawsuit just feels more about steam key rather than the whole 30% stuff

MMuko Tabi the more we talk about it, the lawsuit just feels more about steam key rather th...

Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:41 PM

yeah, and the keys argument can be cleared up by reading one partership page

Muko Tabi•7/7/24, 9:41 PM

yeah

Sou Suzumi•7/7/24, 9:42 PM

Honestly, the whole "Steam is a monopoly" and "Steam takes too much" debacle is stupid and dumb

Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:42 PM

its not misleading at all, people just believe one liners and grant it as true

Sou Suzumi•7/7/24, 9:42 PM

Steam is a monopoly because it provides a better service. If you don´t like how much they take, you are free to sell your game to the 5 Epic Games Store users that there are out there

SSou Suzumi Steam is a monopoly because it provides a better service. If you don´t like how ...

Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:43 PM

or at itch.io

Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:43 PM

which is way better

Sou Suzumi•7/7/24, 9:43 PM

Yeah, the 10 itch.io users

Sou Suzumi•7/7/24, 9:43 PM

Double the ammount of users than EGS

Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:43 PM

Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:44 PM

crush is one afaik

Sou Suzumi•7/7/24, 9:44 PM

Thing is, Steam provides a good service, not only for the devs, but specially for the customers, and that's why they are in the position they are

AAlex&Indie crush is one afaik

Valerie•7/7/24, 9:45 PM

one what

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Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:45 PM

dont forget the undertale ripoffs

VValerie one what

Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:45 PM

itch.io user

Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:45 PM

afaik

AAlex&Indie itch.io user

Valerie•7/7/24, 9:45 PM

Uhhh not often, just if a game I want is on there

Sou Suzumi•7/7/24, 9:45 PM

I love GOG and the "no DRM" thing, but every time I try to use their app and store I seriously consider killing myself to end my suffering

Sou Suzumi•7/7/24, 9:46 PM

Thankfuly I can run the games without using their launcher, but still

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KeroOP•7/7/24, 9:46 PM

Also, they provide leaderboards too. And more that I don't remember probably.

Muko Tabi•7/7/24, 9:46 PM

tho even if all of us know steam is providing good service, not sure how out in the court the listener and judge could understand how good those services are rather than just focusing on the 30% stuff

SSou Suzumi I love GOG and the "no DRM" thing, but every time I try to use their app and sto...

Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:47 PM

some gog games that went to steam have official cracks in them made by the devs themselves lol

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Zeglius•7/7/24, 9:47 PM

I think heroic launcher got also some kind of partnership with GOG(?)

KeroOP•7/7/24, 9:47 PM

Oh and Regional Pricing is a big thing too.

SSou Suzumi Thing is, Steam provides a good service, not only for the devs, but specially fo...

halva•7/7/24, 9:47 PM

yeah
i can possibly pay a little less for games on egs, but the launcher is just DOGSHIT (how does the third party heroic launcher have better ui than that), and the service may as well not exist

KKero Oh and Regional Pricing is a big thing too.

KeroOP•7/7/24, 9:48 PM

It was kinda cut off in Argentina and Turkey due to inflation issues and people from other countries exploiting it too

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Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:48 PM

reminder that valve is trying to casually killing shadowplay

Alex&Indie•7/7/24, 9:48 PM

cause why not

Zeglius•7/7/24, 9:48 PM

Shadowplay? From nvidia?

Sou Suzumi•7/7/24, 9:48 PM

The best thing about EA and Ubisoft moving to their opwn launchers is that I don´t have to see their stupid games on the Steam store anymore