Comment on $843 million lawsuit against Valve already has its own website: "The Steam Claim" accuses the biggest store in PC gaming of "overcharging" players

• ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not the companies. But some anonymous whistleblower? Sure

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  • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Like the anonymous whistleblower who went to a lawyer and triggered this lawsuit?

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    • trafficnab@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This suit seems to just be vaguely, “30% is too high”, along with requiring that DLC for a game bought on Steam also be bought on Steam, it was the Wolfire case back in 2021 that alleged they’re not allowed to sell their game for cheaper on other platforms

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      • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        According to Shotbolt, the developer and digital distribution company is “shutting out” all competition in the PC gaming market as it “forces” game publishers to sign off on price parity obligations - supposedly preventing them from going on to offer lower prices on other platforms.

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