Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store
RxBrad@infosec.pub 2 weeks agoThat would seem to be price fixing by its very definition.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_fixing
manufacturers and retailers may conspire to sell at a common “retail” price; set a common minimum sales price, where sellers agree not to discount the sales price below the agreed-to minimum price
And the question is irrelevant. Other companies can still benefit from external price fixing.
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Price fixing is, as your highlighted bit says, a conspiracy to not compete on prices. Valve isn’t conspiring with their competition to fix prices, nor does valve even set the price.
The lawsuit alleges that it’s anticompetitive, not price fixing.
I personally don’t think it’s anticompetitive , given the number of popular games that don’t use steam. I just think that epic has a worse product, which isn’t valves fault.
RxBrad@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
From the actual lawsuit documents (emphasis is mine):