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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee" [refer to in-app purchases] (finance.yahoo.com)
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[–] sickday@fedia.io 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Tim Fortnite is arguing that games sold on Steam should be able to offer in-game purchases with payment options outside of Steam.

But they already can and already do. For example If I wanted to buy ARX for Elite Dangerous, you have to go through Frontier’s website to purchase it. Same for Daybreak cash for Planetside 2. And isn't Maplestoy also on Steam? You most certainly have to kiss the Nexxon ring before purchasing NX.

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago

War thunder I can pay either through steam (I prefer that personally) or you can just buy the stuff from their site and ignore the steam part entirely.

[–] who@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But they already can and already do. For example If I wanted to buy ARX for Elite Dangerous, you have to go through Frontier’s website to purchase it.

You can buy ARX on Steam now, but you don't have to.

https://store.steampowered.com/itemstore/359320/browse/

[–] sickday@fedia.io 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

For the life of me I could not find this while I was playing. It always redirects me to a browser with the Frontier store when I try to buy ARX in game. Thanks for this lol I like using my steam wallet funds for this sort of thing over actual cards.

[–] who@feddit.org 2 points 12 hours ago

I think one problem is that although ARX packs are pictured on the game's Steam page, "ARX" doesn't appear in the text, so you can't control+f for it.