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.
When the 30% fee gets lowered prices won’t come down. The market has already shown that consumers are willing to pay for the games at the current price level. Publishers will just pocket the increased revenue, instead of passing it on to the consumer.
It means more money going to indie devs instead of Gabe’s greedy pocket.
True, but that’s not the goal of this initiative. The people behind this initiative want to pay less for games.
30% is what everyone charge right?
Literally no. Lol. But even if it was that doesn’t change the point, everyone doing it doesn’t mean it’s a fair price
There’s a cost to maintaoning infrastructure, and EGS is laying off employees because their 12% cut isn’t sustainable.
Stop defending billionaires, the infrastructure costs are a small fraction of the fees they charge
If 30% was the cost gabe wouldn’t have a yacht collection.