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[-] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Steam does force the sellers on their platform to not give better discounts elsewhere. So basically if you see a game that’s 20% off on steam and it is ATL, you won’t find it 30% off anywhere else.

Not necessarily a monopoly but definitely not allowing competitive pricing.

Now that I think about it, it’s probably why Epic has to go with the “timed exclusive” approach instead of just giving you a bigger discount.

[-] Wfh@lemmy.zip 6 points 22 hours ago

Not true. I just checked the first game currently discounted I know on GOG's front page: Ghost Runner. It's at -75% (7.49€) on GOG but full price (29.99€) on Steam.

[-] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

Compare to lowest all time price on steam, not current price. Pretty sure it’s going to come out to the same.

[-] Oppopity@lemmy.ml 5 points 21 hours ago
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