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[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Not the companies. But some anonymous whistleblower? Sure

[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Like the anonymous whistleblower who went to a lawyer and triggered this lawsuit?

[-] trafficnab@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

This suit seems to just be vaguely, "30% is too high", along with requiring that DLC for a game bought on Steam also be bought on Steam, it was the Wolfire case back in 2021 that alleged they're not allowed to sell their game for cheaper on other platforms

[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

According to Shotbolt, the developer and digital distribution company is "shutting out" all competition in the PC gaming market as it "forces" game publishers to sign off on price parity obligations - supposedly preventing them from going on to offer lower prices on other platforms.

[-] trafficnab@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

This is true and public knowledge though as I said (details seen here in the "Steam Key Rules and Guidelines" section), if anything Valve is giving devs a lot of leeway by allowing them to do that at all, not only are they giving up their 30% cut but are also then distributing and committing to updating those copies of the game for free

[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The allegation says nothing about steam keys. The lawsuit is alleging that they are contractually prevented from selling the game cheaper elsewhere.

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