I am not sure why you mean when you mention consummers will get sucker when there is price disparity, when price wars are the cornerstone of a free market. I think been sucker aligns better with price fixing, and price fixing is anti consumer.
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It's not hard to grasp, really: if you manage a store, you don't want your partner in business to treat you like garbage and play you like the fool while offering far better deals to other stores.
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If the dominant store has a price parity clause, and takes a much higher revenue share than competitors, then the only way for creators to pass savings on to gamers is by avoiding the dominant store. That’s what this is ultimately about!
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @ValveNewsNetwor and
I could often buy Steam keys on authorized third party retailers like GMG that cost less than price of the game on Steam (even prerelease games). Stop being dishonest Tim.
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Replying to @CommodoreKong @ValveNewsNetwor and
The situation with price parity expectations on Steam is not transparent. Valve’s public docs say temporary sales elsewhere are fine but they expect overall price parity on Steam keys. What each private Steam agreement with developers require is not generally know.
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @CommodoreKong and
so you lied then? you didn't say it was only about steam keys WHICH MAKES SENSE BTW but any other retailer. Also, didnt you just use that before to justify the M:E exclusivity saying that you couldn't have a better price?pic.twitter.com/n6ZUD37Uw4
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Replying to @lord_yukiko @CommodoreKong and
We have been told by multiple developers that Valve has approval over price and that long-term price parity (excluding temporary sales) is expected. We are researching further. Because these agreements are private, any Valve clarification would be helpful.
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @lord_yukiko and
The public doc https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/pricing … (see “reviewed by Valve”) shows developers don’t have autonomy to set prices for games. This is broader than the Steam key pricing statement.pic.twitter.com/vHTDirJZ4j
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Replying to @Darkdragon4x4 @lord_yukiko and
Of course Epic has commercial motives in operating this store. After paying our operating costs, we’d love to earn a 5% profit on a game’s revenue in exchange for helping the developer earn 18% more!
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BTW: Are you seeing a higher Canadian price for Metro Exodus in the Epic Games store than the preorder price from Steam? @galyonkin is coordinating efforts to improve regional pricing and can investigate.
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @lord_yukiko and
i cant use metro as an example as the price is gone from steam but subnautica below zero is 20USD on epic, thats about 26.20 CDN.. on steam its 22CDN. A couple bucks yeah, but the difference is there.
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