How this game bypasses Steam billing

[makhotkin]

After you download client and type in your email to create an account, you may follow to the game website, login to your account there and find an MTX store there. Should you attempt to buy anything from that store, you'll be presented payment options like credit card, paypal, alipay and Paysafecard.

Sounds like devs scam not only their players, but Valve as well by selling to players directly.

[Madizm]

First time playing a game on Steam?

[Wasp]

Many many online games do this since they didn't originally come from steam. Is this your first time on the internet?

[makhotkin]

That's strange to read. While Apple and Google removed Fortnite from stores and sued Epic for not sharing thier part of the revenue... does Valve accept this attitude?

[Terminal Velocity]

Steam is just a game downloader, it's a cancer in the industry because it's made the playerbases believe they DESERVE a 30% cut just because they host the files download from their server.

And you talk about "scam"? Dont make me laugh. Absolutely ZERO risk for Steam yet they take 1/3 of the sales.

[Wasp]

makhotkin の投稿を引用：

That's strange to read. While Apple and Google removed Fortnite from stores and sued Epic for not sharing thier part of the revenue... does Valve accept this attitude?

Apples and oranges.

You're comparing app stores which are installed by default on phones, and usually the ONLY way to get phone games, to steam which which is just a game launcher that you can optionally install. Just like how you can install albion from their website without the use of steam, hence why they can sell outside of steam as they have their own website.

The only scam here is whoever told you that steam/computers games act the exact same way as google play/phone games

[Nesnes_AO]

Hello

To clarify on this, this has nothing to do with "scamming"

Steam is just one of many platforms that we offer our game on. Albion Online is a cross platform game.

You can download it through steam, app store, google play or through our native website, and depending on which platform you use you also buy through that platform and you pay slightly different prices depending on the share that that platform takes for each purchase.

We originally launched the game through our website, Steam came later on.

As stated by other members here already, Steam is not something like the universal owner of all games, but rather one platform of many that you can purchase games through.

If this is a legal issue in some way, please enlighten us.

Nesnes | Albion Online Community Manager

[makhotkin]

Nesnes_AO の投稿を引用：

Hello

To clarify on this, this has nothing to do with "scamming"

Steam is just one of many platforms that we offer our game on. Albion Online is a cross platform game.

You can download it through steam, app store, google play or through our native website, and depending on which platform you use you also buy through that platform and you pay slightly different prices depending on the share that that platform takes for each purchase.

We originally launched the game through our website, Steam came later on.

As stated by other members here already, Steam is not something like the universal owner of all games, but rather one platform of many that you can purchase games through.

If this is a legal issue in some way, please enlighten us.

Nesnes | Albion Online Community Manager

Acquiring player through Steam and charging them directly... is like stealing leads traffic. Not sure about this issue being a legal one - depends on conditions of their agreement. It is Valve's problem after all, but doing so seems very unethical to me.

It's just another argument (aside from some MTX activating an unrequested subscription and what other players are dissatisfied with in this form) AGAINST buying anything from this developer.

[Slarkthebest]

steam players are only 20-25k. its like mere % of all player base. Who cares about steam

[(:AR:)-Paradox]

makhotkin の投稿を引用：

Nesnes_AO の投稿を引用：

Hello

To clarify on this, this has nothing to do with "scamming"

Steam is just one of many platforms that we offer our game on. Albion Online is a cross platform game.

You can download it through steam, app store, google play or through our native website, and depending on which platform you use you also buy through that platform and you pay slightly different prices depending on the share that that platform takes for each purchase.

We originally launched the game through our website, Steam came later on.

As stated by other members here already, Steam is not something like the universal owner of all games, but rather one platform of many that you can purchase games through.

If this is a legal issue in some way, please enlighten us.

Nesnes | Albion Online Community Manager

Acquiring player through Steam and charging them directly... is like stealing leads traffic. Not sure about this issue being a legal one - depends on conditions of their agreement. It is Valve's problem after all, but doing so seems very unethical to me.

It's just another argument (aside from some MTX activating an unrequested subscription and what other players are dissatisfied with in this form) AGAINST buying anything from this developer.

If someone buys through Steam, they get their cut. If a player buys through another platform, they do not. In your example, it would be like Apple suing Epic because PC Fortnite players weren't paying Apple when they bought Vbucks on the PC. If your argument held true, Apple would deserve a cut of all profits Fortnite made on any platform since there are so many people who found Fortnite through the app store.