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Gamers hear that Valve has been overcharging them for years, and think Epic is the villain.
Everyone's collective dick slobbering of Valve and billionaire Gabe is embarassing as fuck.
Valve doesn't overcharge me.
They provide an excellent user experience. They have one of the few stores where you can actually get reliable user reviews. Their return policies are generous. I've never had any problems with fraud or scams. Their search and recommendation functions are pretty good.
To me, that's a great deal and they've earned every penny of their markup.
And if their percentage was unreasonably high, their competitors would sell at lower prices. Strangely, they don't. Which tells us that Tim's complaints are nothing but bullshit.
How has valve been overcharging when devs and publishers set the prices on steam?