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$843 million lawsuit against Valve already has its own website: "The Steam Claim" accuses the biggest store in PC gaming of "overcharging" players (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Dadifer@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] tekeous@usenet.lol 268 points 5 months ago

Are you joking? I’ve saved thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, by waiting for Steam Sales and buying games at a reasonable price for me(I’m poor) rather than paying $60 a game. Nobody else does this(When was the last time Nintendo put Mario Kart on sale?)

The statement “Steam overcharges gamers” is self-defeating and hilarious.

[-] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 78 points 5 months ago

Totally agree, steam is one the big players that stills offers a quality service both for consumers and for developers

[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 5 months ago

Maybe this lawsuit is founded by this dodgy lawyer group on behalf of a competitor under the table, who is pissed at exactly the fact steam sales are too generous and others cannot compete

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

Would said competitor be the one who successfully trained their users to only look at their store once a week for a free game or two then close the store again? 😉

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 31 points 5 months ago

I recently got my first current-gen game console a couple of years ago (Nintendo switch) and was floored at how expensive all of the games are and how meager the sales are. PC gaming is shockingly cheap when you get down to it

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

FYI go walk your local target from time to time. They'll sometimes have random sales on the big switch games with no online listing of the sale. I got the last pokemon game 6 months or so late for $20 off

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

Nintendo doesn't reward super patient gaming though like other consoles where I didnt pay more than over $20 for any PS4 first party exclusives. It is actually on the weird side where sometimes physical prices actually go up with Nintendo seeming to be more conservative about number of physical copies they make to keep prices high compared to Sony where brick and motor stores look to offload physical inventory. So leads to used market for Nintendo games going crazy compared to downward trend of other consoles.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 5 months ago

Oh that's good to know! Too bad my nearest target is 20 miles away and a very annoying drive over a poorly designed arterial road

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[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 months ago

Right?! Having moved off of consoles entirely this generation, I’ve hoovered up amazing games during the countless Steam sales at prices CEX can’t even beat.

I hope this gets thrown out as hogwash.

[-] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Playstation and Xbox regularly put games on sale. And their base prices almost always go down over time. I assume Steam is more steep discounts. But you can absolutely get by without paying full price on consoles if you wait.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 14 points 5 months ago

You can usually snag items for 75% or more off about 1-2 years after launch on Steam (and by extension all other PC game sales platforms) and it's consistent enough that you can count on it (and I do!). I've never seen discounts go that deep on consoles, at least not for games I actually play.