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FPB Wants Steam To Pay Them For The Games They Sell In South Africa

Home > Uncategorized > FPB Wants Steam To Pay Them For The Games They Sell In South Africa

FPB Wants Steam To Pay Them For The Games They Sell In South Africa

Deville LouwbyDeville Louw
October 11, 2017
in Uncategorized
Tags: Steam

Valve has grown from a small online digital software store to the giant we all know today. With one of the most extensive digital libraries of games out there, Steam has become the go-to marketplace for anyone thinking of purchasing a new digital game. Now, it seems that the FPB (South Africa’s Film and Publications Board) wants in on the action.

This, according to MyBroadband, will be through a licensing fee that the FPB wants Steam to pay annually in order to distribute its digital products in South Africa. The news comes after the FPB published a draft review of its current tariffs. Not only has the FPB increased the price of classifying content (such as movies, series, games, and even apps), but it has also proposed per-title and per-season licensing. This new licensing scheme will be focusing on online distributors such as Steam and even Netflix who entered the South African market recently.

Below is a summary of the proposed pricing structure featured in the draft proposal.

Number of titles Films/Games Series
0-499 R259.31/title R1,037.24/season
500-999 R207.45/title R829.79/season
1,000+ R165.96/title R663.83/season

Thanks to some clever maths, MyBroadband has calculated that Valve, who operates the Steam marketplace, will need to cough up around R3.17 million to the FPB. They also calculated that Netflix would have to pay around R1.02 million. So, what does Steam and similar online distributors get for paying the proposed fee? Well, according to the FPB, when asked the question by MyBraodband, the fee includes the right to self-classify content and submit it for verification, and it also includes training on a quarterly basis or when the need occurs.

In effect, what could happen, should the draft be implemented, is that digital distributors, such as Netflix and Steam, could decide to exit from the South African market. This could have the opposite effect of what the FPB wants. Instead of seeing an inflow of new capital, we might see companies deciding not to invest in the country further.







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Comments 16

  1. Avatar Isaiah Rogers says:
    4 years ago

    More greed and corruption in South Africa.

    Reply
  2. Avatar Justin Willson says:
    4 years ago

    Meh. Cdkeys.com

    Reply
  3. Avatar Deon Du Plessis says:
    4 years ago

    If I facepalmed any harder, my palm would go through my face.

    Reply
  4. Avatar Malherbe Max Lombard says:
    4 years ago

    It’s kinda backwards thinking, and another way for them to money in the bank…

    Reply
  5. Avatar Carlo Hendricks says:
    4 years ago

    FPB lost the plot long ago. They just seem to want revenue from EVERYTHING…

    Reply
  6. Avatar Cleo says:
    4 years ago

    FPB is the digital content version of SANRAL and it’s eTolls.
    #greed

    Reply
  7. Avatar Robin Hendrickse says:
    4 years ago

    Not even surprised

    Reply
  8. Avatar Tyrone Huskisson says:
    4 years ago

    Tell em’ to take the money off of our SABC TV license payments

    Reply
  9. Avatar Jawwaad D Flaendorp says:
    4 years ago

    And here I was hoping that gaming companies would invest in servers in S.A.Thank you FPB.

    Reply
  10. Avatar Justin Hoar says:
    4 years ago

    NO! Bad FPB!… To even consider the thought of making such demands of Lord Gaben, they must be really foolish. The FPB are just a bunch of soccer moms and unqualified bums that have nothing better to do than profit off other people’s businesses

    Reply
  11. Avatar LeRoy le Grange says:
    4 years ago

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

    Reply
  12. Avatar LeRoy le Grange says:
    4 years ago

    greedy fucking South African corporates

    Reply
  13. Avatar Justin Lee says:
    4 years ago

    I read that yesterday. Had a gooooooood LOL

    Reply
  14. Avatar Nduduzo Ndut's Ntombela says:
    4 years ago

    pure greed

    Reply
  15. Avatar Joshua Adimoolam says:
    4 years ago

    Whew lucky ima console gamer

    Reply
    • Avatar Brendon says:
      4 years ago

      Being a consol gamer will not save you….. Prices will just rise

      Reply

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