If you buy a play station game and you want to then play it on your xbox, you'd have to buy a separate xbox copy. That's kind of how I think about it. You could wait for the steam release and only purchase one copy that way if you want
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Fair enough. I figure if you want a steam copy, you buy it there, and if you want an itch copy, you get it there. If it's for the same PC operating system, I'm not sure why you would need 2 game keys for the same game.
From following other developers and hearing their experiences, my understanding is that it costs money to host your game on multiple platforms, and for steam specifically, giving away free copies can hurt the developer because steam doesn't count reviews from users with free copies towards the total reviews which hurts the game's visibility.
Understandable, I'm not one of those asking. I'd just thought I'd say it's not the same as your comparison, plus it's not uncommon to offer a Steam key on top of your itch purchase.
It also doesn't cost any money to host your game - itch is free to use and steam charges a $100 listing fee, which you do get back after $1,000 in sales.