Comment on Dutch gamers file €220 million claim against Valve, operator of game platform Steam
HailSeitan@lemmy.world 1 day agoHow is competition that benefits consumers in the form of lower prices “malicious”?
Comment on Dutch gamers file €220 million claim against Valve, operator of game platform Steam
HailSeitan@lemmy.world 1 day agoHow is competition that benefits consumers in the form of lower prices “malicious”?
Kraiden@piefed.social 1 day ago
It’s not going to result in lower prices for consumers. It’s going to result in higher prices on Steam.
It’s also going to fragment the game market on PC. That may or may not be a good thing depending on who you ask, but personally, I like not having to hunt around for the best store to purchase my game in. I go to Steam and I know I’m not getting completely shafted. This is essentially going to allow scummy corps like Ubisoft and EA to implement a “Steam tax” because I don’t want to use their shitty, bloated, spyware riddled miserable excuse for a storefront.