@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 4 months agoUltrakill dev says it's fine to pirate his game if you don't have money to spare: 'Culture shouldn't exist only for those who can afford it'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: piracy[email protected][email protected]pcgaming
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkUltrakill dev says it's fine to pirate his game if you don't have money to spare: 'Culture shouldn't exist only for those who can afford it'www.pcgamer.com@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square101fedilinkcross-posted to: piracy[email protected][email protected]pcgaming
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•4 months agoWhy doesn’t he just put the game up for free as an option then?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•4 months agoI don’t think Steam supports any sort of sliding scale system and they have a price parity rule which would be broken by offering it elsewhere
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•4 months agoYou can offer the game elsewhere for less / free, you just can’t sell steam keys for less than you sell them on steam.
minus-squareKilgore TroutlinkfedilinkEnglish0•4 months agoPiracy is illegal, so a lot of people will still abstain from downloading the game for free. If you provide it for free on official distribution channels, your revenue drops drastically.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•4 months agoIs it illegal if the creator is saying they’re ok with you getting it for free?
Why doesn’t he just put the game up for free as an option then?
I don’t think Steam supports any sort of sliding scale system and they have a price parity rule which would be broken by offering it elsewhere
You can offer the game elsewhere for less / free, you just can’t sell steam keys for less than you sell them on steam.
Piracy is illegal, so a lot of people will still abstain from downloading the game for free.
If you provide it for free on official distribution channels, your revenue drops drastically.
Is it illegal if the creator is saying they’re ok with you getting it for free?