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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

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trafficnab@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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- trafficnab@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This is true and public knowledge though as I said (details seen here in the “Steam Key Rules and Guidelines” section), if anything Valve is giving devs a lot of leeway by allowing them to do that at all, not only are they giving up their 30% cut but are also then distributing and committing to updating those copies of the game for free
  
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  - masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The allegation says nothing about steam keys specifically.
    
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