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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
Hmmm.. No it doesn't. It means the policy is designed to insure that Steam can MATCH the price - which brings value (through the reduced price) to the larger customer base.
Lowered prices (matching sale prices elsewhere) with a larger market portion equates to greater sales, which helps the developer pay his/her bills and keep working on the "next big thing".
Quite honestly - having done the "early access" bit a few times I am more against the whole "early access" movement than I am with Steam wanting to stay competitive for its users.
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Hmmm.. No it doesn't. Read the policy again:
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We expect Steam customers to get a price for the Early Access game no higher than they are offered on any other service or website. Please make sure that’s the case.
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This means that any website that sells the same early access game for less ensures that Steam is selling it for higher, which would violate the new policy. More > Less. Kindergarten math. But my fellow morons on ABT can't even do that. One was so stupid he insisted that the Sherman Antitrust Act hasn't existed since 2005. I had to point him to a antitrust case in 2012 which cited a violation of the Act.