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
www.eurogamer.net
Newly uncovered evidence in an ongoing antitrust lawsuit has claimed Valve works aggressively behind the scenes to maintain its position.
  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
    503·
    3 months ago

    FYI: Eurogamer is owned by IGN who is owned by Ziff Davis.

    IGN has been known to write hit pieces against competition for Ziff Davis and their partners.

      • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
        34·
        3 months ago

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        it’s wild how those letters spell “Bloomberg” and not “Eurogamer”. how does that work?

        • mabeledo@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorEnglish
          32·
          3 months ago

          It’s wild that you didn’t even bother to read the article.

          • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
            14·
            3 months 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.worlddeleted by creatorEnglish
              62·
              3 months 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.

              • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
                13·
                3 months ago

                you clearly are attempting to set a narrative.

                enjoy the blocklist, you’re among your peers.

                • mabeledo@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorEnglish
                  2·
                  3 months ago

                  Do you add anyone who corrects you to your blacklist?

                  Must be a pretty long one.