Steam payment HUGE price increase!

[JunseiKei]

"If Steam sells something for a loss, then it's Steam that loses money."

It was said that SE determines the pricing over Steam, they were not making it cheaper for the sake of it.

Well, here's the thing... said prices are controlled by the game's publisher, not Valve. Square Enix dictates the prices for Brazil and Russia, and then ignored them for 5 years with no change. Might have been an oversight, but this oversight was what brought the Russian and Brazilian player base we have here.

We hope that this overall shady behavior serves as a justification for Valve to weight in just like they did in NMS and Arkham Knight and allow for refunds; or at least poke Square Enix saying "Yo folks, you have an impending PR nightmare here on this side. Either authorize the refunds or do something about it".

I made my post fully aware of this. You did not understand what I was alluring to. Steam is simply a middle man providing another entry to a service. Middle men usually either get cuts from the business or tack on their own fee for the service. This does not change the fact that Steam Wallet is a Steam process. SE might set the prices for their own goods, but that does not stop Steam from asking for their services. This already happened recently in Australia with Steam's Goods and Services tax.

I'm not saying there's no possible faulting of SE, but I am trying to give you reason to pause and think on other reasons this may be happening. Also, I gave an example of why this may have come to SE's attention in the form of a "legit and SE supported" Mogstation that was not being run directly from Square Enix. SE doesn't like people messing with their income. No business does, and like every business, they'll seek ways to make that money back. This could be their answer.

I don't know. It's just a theory.

I'm not sure what kind of contract they might have specifically with each other, but generally the way Steam works is that Valve just charges a percentage of what the developer makes.

The only articles I can find are the unfair price discrepancies across the globe over Steam pricing (a 3 year old article) and another article on Steam giving developers the tools to opt into sales on Steam on their own schedule, rather than being forced into some Steam schedule. The latter which does not apply to this situation as it's not a sale, but the first article certainly applies. Worth reading.

In the very least, this is not a new issue, only newly knocking on FFXIV's door.