So, I take issue with the bit where you said “requires” because it implies that they will refuse to sell your game if you don’t list it for the same price on other store fronts. I have seen it phrased this way before, mostly in complaints from the dev Wolfire who made it sound like Valve threatened to completely kick the game off the Steam platform for selling digital copies of the game un-related to Steam at a cheaper price.
What you’re alleging is different but you were unclear about that because you used the phrasing “price parity” and “most favored nation”.
From Wolfire’s own mouth:
But when I asked Valve about this plan, they replied that they would remove Overgrowth from Steam if I allowed it to be sold at a lower price anywhere, even from my own website without Steam keys and without Steam’s DRM.
What this leak shows is not the same thing and even then the alleged Valve employee’s statement is that this is not their normal process. That’s not the same as them claiming definitively that this is a standard practice, or part of any agreement but I haven’t had a chance to read the full document you provided so I’ll have the read that before I make any other statements.
So, I take issue with the bit where you said “requires” because it implies that they will refuse to sell your game if you don’t list it for the same price on other store fronts. I have seen it phrased this way before, mostly in complaints from the dev Wolfire who made it sound like Valve threatened to completely kick the game off the Steam platform for selling digital copies of the game un-related to Steam at a cheaper price.
What you’re alleging is different but you were unclear about that because you used the phrasing “price parity” and “most favored nation”.
From Wolfire’s own mouth:
What this leak shows is not the same thing and even then the alleged Valve employee’s statement is that this is not their normal process. That’s not the same as them claiming definitively that this is a standard practice, or part of any agreement but I haven’t had a chance to read the full document you provided so I’ll have the read that before I make any other statements.
https://www.wolfire.com/blog/2021/05/Regarding-the-Valve-class-action/