Valve banned 100% discount

Daily Quests | 08/09/2020

The developers of Armillo on Steam released their game for free, hoping to set a price for the game in the future and start with a 100% discount, they contacted Valve and learned that it was no longer possible to do a 100% discount. at all. The developer indicated that this is a recent change to Steam policy.

origin: https://steamcommunity.com/games/349520/announcements/detail/2763474378278517327

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guywonder22

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That Dev is lying to cover his rear he made a promise he had no intent to keep and so now that he was called out this is the bogus story he created to get out of it.

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guywonder22 said:
That Dev is lying to cover his rear he made a promise he had no intent to keep and so now that he was called out this is the bogus story he created to get out of it.

I would like your words to be true.
Because then it will be sad, although game developers can always give out their keys here on AWA

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Peiperissimus

The Chosen One!

I read that and, was not actually sure, what has happened?

Dev write:
"Originally, I've promised that once I've set this game to paid, I'd give people a 100% discount for a chance for people to own it. I've contacted Steam on changing the game from free to paid as well as to also to set a 100% discount to allow people to own the game for free as soon as possible, but I've learned that they don't allow discounts at 100% on paid games, so I've messed up here."

As far I understand, DEV gave the game free, then he wanted to put a price-tag to it, eg.10$? And then he wanted to put it to market with 100% discount??
I really hope, I did not understan that correctly! :)

IMHO: Thtats just stupid!! :)

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