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Valve faces a £656 million lawsuit in the UK for 'overcharging 14 million PC gamers'
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It wouldn't be the first time the first point has been brought up. If true it does sound pretty anti competition. But so far there's been no proof valve is actually doing this and I'm skeptical that it's happening at all. If it were happening I don't think we would be getting free games on epic (at least not ones that are also sold on steam). Nor do I think we'd have games on gamepass that are also on steam. I also routinely see sales for games on Green Man Gaming, Humble Bundle, and epic that at the time at least make the games cheaper than they are on steam.
Maybe they have agreements with certain publishers to provide a lower platform fee than 30% in exchange for them not providing the games cheaper on other platforms?
Sure it has been brought up. But that's why these investigations are good. If it's true, slap em with a fine, if it's not.. valve can make a victory lap.
Yeah agreed.
IIRC Steam has used that first clause to limit Steam keys being provided on another store at a cheaper price. I believe devs have been allowed (maybe unofficially) to sell at whatever price they want if there's no steam key being provided.
I thought it was lower retail price not allowed but lower price allowed for discounts?
Pretty much most my Steam games I have bought have been from places like fanatical after taking a look at isthereanydeals to find the lowest price for steam games.