Epic Games CEO claims Steam's rules block games from steering players to other payment methods, forcing "everyone to pay 30% to Valve"

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Epic Games CEO claims Steam's rules block games from steering players to other payment methods, forcing "everyone to pay 30% to Valve"

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Epic Games CEO claims Steam's rules block games from steering players to other payment methods, forcing "everyone to pay 30% to Valve"

Yesterday at 11:21:29

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney recently criticized Steam's rules around payments, claiming that they prohibit games from steering players to competitive purchase methods.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Epic-Games-CEO-claims-Steam-s-rules-block-games-from-steering-players-to-other-payment-methods-forcing-everyone-to-pay-30-to-Valve.1216303.0.html

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Yesterday at 17:08:27

It seems like this only matters for in-app purchases for live service and gacha games, neither of which I use Steam to play on anyway.

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