Hi, I bought the game in a bundle and i don't get a steam key with, how can i have it ?
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Steam (and similar platforms’) redemption keys are not an infinitely replicable resource, because for every key redeemed Steam and similar platforms still expect to get paid their cut for the “sale” of the game copy that a key redeems. So developers have a limited supply to give out. Giving out hundreds of Steam keys per $10 purchase is an economic impossibility.
This is not the case, Valve does not take a cut out of generated keys.
The issue is that Valve doesn’t allow developers to mass generate keys for low cost/charity bundle purchases, that’s why if one purchases a game directly they’ll (usually, if a developer has set it up) get a key but not when they purchase it as part of a large bundle.
More specifically, Valve’s terms for generating keys states that a game going on sale elsewhere means that it must also go on sale on Steam; given that massive bundles like the ongoing Ukraine one aren’t feasible to put together on Steam, neither is giving out keys for purchases through said bundles.
There’s two ways Valve could remedy this; they could change key generation terms when charity is involved to allow this use case, or they could provide developers the tools to organise their own charity bundles on Steam. It’s unlikely either will happen though unless a significantly large portion of the community makes a fuss about it. Feature requests like this can be done on Steam’s built in community forum, or possibly on their subreddit.
Interesting, I was under the wrong impression then. Now that I think about it what I suggested was the case doesn’t make sense because it would mean people selling their games on itch would have to give a cut to both itch and Steam for every itch sale, if they give out Steam keys. Don’t think Steam will do either of the things you suggested, they very recently made the rules on how sales can be conducted even more strict in fact.
I was actually wondering the same thing... I remember one of the games I saw in the bundle that looked interesting had said that and couldn't recall if it were this one or not (and yeah, I know, easily checkable :P). I just bought the $20 complete edition on Steam. Even though I already got it through the bundle (I actually chose to pay $20 instead of $10 given the cause), I decided it was worth it. I really like it so far, and if it helps fund future CrossCode games (or similar) by RFG then awesome. I dunno if it's an age thing or not, but I've been "voting" with my money anymore. Lately, I've just been feeling like if I enjoy or like a game a developer puts out, I should show support (granted I don't double-purchase every game I like, but if it comes down to needing to do that, then so be it; it's for a good cause.)