A new Dutch class action has been filed against Valve Corporation, the company behind Steam. The case is brought by the Stichting Consumenten Competition Claims (CCC), which has launched the proceedings under the name GameClaim. The foundation acts on behalf of all Dutch PC gamers who have purchased games through Steam or other PC distribution platforms since 2013, IGN Benelux reports.
  • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 day ago

    But multiple game companies have found that trying to list their games on non-steam key selling websites, for less money (because they don’t have to make up for as big a cut) are getting threatened to have their games removed from Steam for doing so.

    Has any of these claims been proven yet?

    • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zipEnglish
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      1 day ago

      They’re still working their way through the courts.

      One of them is over two years old, though, so it’s not just a clout chaser blowing hot air based on absolutely nothing.

      • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        1 day ago

        One of them is over two years old

        Which only proves my point. They allegedly do, and we yet to discover if they actually do it or Epic, Ubisoft and whatever another publisher are lying. 2 years to prove if Valve was abusing the system and still nothing out there to confirm this suspicion.

        I suspect that is really tough to prove and that is why eventually case will be dropped due to lack of evidence.

          • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            1 day ago

            Have you seriously never heard of the Nintendo v Palworld cases? Those are still going on after 2 years despite Nintendo’s claims being complete bullshit

          • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            1 day ago

            Court case with undeniable and sufficient evidence also doesnt last long. There is more to the story than “they do it/they dont do it”

            But claiming they do before it has been proven is dumb.

            • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zipEnglish
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              1 day ago

              Defending a company with multiple unrelated entities suing them over the same thing, including non competitors, before they’ve been proven to NOT be doing that thing is very stupid.

              • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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                1 day ago

                with multiple unrelated entities suing them

                How do we know they’re really unrelated? A lot of the lawsuits are in the US, where bribery lobbying is very prevalent, and the lawsuits brought forth by private entities could be backed by Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Epic, etc. under the table. Hell, any publisher/developer involved in the ESA is by definition not “unrelated”.

                Until these lawsuits are fully resolved, nothing has been proven. All we have are claims and speculation at the moment.