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Steam keeps on winning (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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From the opinion piece:

Last year, I pointed out how many big publishers came crawlin' back to Steam after trying their own things: EA, Activision, Microsoft. This year, for the first time ever, two Blizzard games released on Steam: Overwatch and Diablo 4.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

That seems to be incorrect, and quite possibly originating from Tim Sweeney.

The only thing I found is that steam keys, which (as a publisher/developer) you get from steam without paying, cannot be sold for cheaper off-steam. The reason for that is obvious, since steam doesn't get their cut on keys, but they still have to provide the support and infrastructure for those users.

If you have a source on that claim though, I'd love to see it - I tried finding anything else on it once and failed.