Valve antitrust lawsuit reportedly reveals lengths Steam owner is willing to go to prevent cheaper prices elsewhere - and even the major publishers aren't safe
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Newly uncovered evidence in an ongoing antitrust lawsuit has claimed Valve works aggressively behind the scenes to maintain its position.
    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      5 hours ago

      those are emails, you said the article. there’s a huge difference there.

      further, why wouldn’t valve attempt to stop developers like Ubisoft from undercutting the products they sell. If Ubisoft doesn’t like it, they can just not sell their products on steam.

      exclusivity of products isn’t abnormal to commerce. you didn’t complain when Death Stranding was exclusive to PlayStation. you didn’t complain when Super Mario was exclusive to Nintendo. you didn’t complain when Bigmacs were exclusive to McDonald’s.

      so why complain now?

      • mabeledo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        5 hours ago

        those are emails, you said the article. there’s a huge difference there.

        You cannot be this obtuse. The emails are mentioned in the Bloomberg article. Eurogamer is just publishing a summary.

        further, why wouldn’t valve attempt to stop developers like Ubisoft from undercutting the products they sell. If Ubisoft doesn’t like it, they can just not sell their products on steam.

        What you are saying is that Valve should have the authority to set prices for products they don’t make. That’s insanity.