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Early access games that get bundled from now on are at risk of being removed from Steam?

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MegaGiga

At least according to one of the Gropuees administrators. Taken from BeMine 16 chat.

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madjoki

http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/steam-updates-early-access-rules-guidelines-for-de/1100-5101/

"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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RetsuSeiba

I didn't follow these changes when they were announced, so what's the logic behind this particular new rule?

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madjoki

To protect Valve's customers from overpaying compared to those buying from elsewhere?

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RetsuSeiba

...Honestly, I don't get it.

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PsyKo

Waiting for Valve to update their "normal games guidelines" with "we expect nobody to sell games cheaper than Steam, including that obscure retail shop"...

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TheDopefish

Even Amazon couldn't go through with that (it was that way in Germany, until about 1 year ago) - though I must admit that I liked to know, that Amazon had the cheapest price and that I didn't have to look elsewhere.

Nowadays, whenever I find a good sale on Amazon I also check the online store of the seller and most of the times it's even cheaper than Amazon.

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MegaGiga

Hopefully it won't come to that. This looks like an attempt to detract all those bundle it for a quick cashgrab and then never finish the game types of situations that are not really rare.

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PLAYER8

Early Access is a system made to benefit the developer with funds to further development. The developer agrees to give a much lower price that is fair to the customers because they are buying an incomplete product that may or may not get finished. If the developer then drastically discounts it from, say $15 to $1, it shows that they were not initially offering a fair price to the customers who were trying to buy it in the first place.

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sviat

^this too, and what I said down.

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Faranth

That really sounds like a monopolist threatening cutting off subcontractors unless they give it all of their business...

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sviat

Most of early access games that already go in bundles are trash anyways.

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TheDopefish

EA games and kickstarter projects are just crap.

back in the days the devs had to get loans to work on their games and they had to make it good, else the game would not sell and they could not pay back their loans.

nowadays devs try to make quick cash with EA and kickstarter games and the customer doesn't know if the game will ever be completed or if it will be what he paid for.

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thegodoftitsandwine

You always get what you pay for. If you aren't happy with a product as it is at time of purchase don't buy it. If you buy from greenlight you're buying an unfinished game whilst kickstarter can only guarantee you a concept. Either way you get what you pay for and anything extra is a bonus.

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ZeppMan217

Seems fair - there are too many shitty EAC games on steam that end up in a dumpster bundle within a few months after appearing on Steam.

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sviat

Some appear in bundles before going to Steam(after give keys) or on release. I mean Greenlight, btw, this way they may remove Greenlight games too that are given for free to voters, and then go on Early Access.

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madjoki

Looks like someone gonna try, if Valve is serious about new rules :D

https://www.indiegala.com/

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