▲ 349 ▼ Valve antitrust lawsuit reportedly reveals lengths Steam owner is willing to go to prevent cheaper prices elsewhere (www.eurogamer.net) submitted 4 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 464 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Chozo@fedia.io 16 points 4 months ago (6 children) GOG isn't really competing in the same market as Steam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago (5 children) Most importantly, GOG games don't include Steam keys, which is what's the issue here. Steam lets publishers include Steam keys if they don't sell them for cheaper than on Steam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 5 points 4 months ago (2 children) These suits have nothing to do with steam keys. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) I read that elsewhere. Maybe it's fake news, maybe it's not all cases. Idk permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip -1 points 4 months ago Yeah the valve boot licking brigade is out spreading that falsehood for who knows what reason. I've heard of 3 lawsuits. None of them are about steam keys. permalink fedilink source parent [–] alakey@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Steam lets publishers include Steam keys if they don’t sell them for cheaper than on Steam. Then how come official retailers like GMG are consistently able to sell Steam keys at 10% discount for nearly every new AAA release on launch? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 1 point 4 months ago Cause they're key retailers without a platform. Steam already got paid for those keys. GMG also publishes games. They're like the only games with the same price on both sites. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago (5 children) Most importantly, GOG games don't include Steam keys, which is what's the issue here. Steam lets publishers include Steam keys if they don't sell them for cheaper than on Steam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 5 points 4 months ago (2 children) These suits have nothing to do with steam keys. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) I read that elsewhere. Maybe it's fake news, maybe it's not all cases. Idk permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip -1 points 4 months ago Yeah the valve boot licking brigade is out spreading that falsehood for who knows what reason. I've heard of 3 lawsuits. None of them are about steam keys. permalink fedilink source parent [–] alakey@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Steam lets publishers include Steam keys if they don’t sell them for cheaper than on Steam. Then how come official retailers like GMG are consistently able to sell Steam keys at 10% discount for nearly every new AAA release on launch? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 1 point 4 months ago Cause they're key retailers without a platform. Steam already got paid for those keys. GMG also publishes games. They're like the only games with the same price on both sites. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 5 points 4 months ago (2 children) These suits have nothing to do with steam keys. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) I read that elsewhere. Maybe it's fake news, maybe it's not all cases. Idk permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip -1 points 4 months ago Yeah the valve boot licking brigade is out spreading that falsehood for who knows what reason. I've heard of 3 lawsuits. None of them are about steam keys. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) I read that elsewhere. Maybe it's fake news, maybe it's not all cases. Idk permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip -1 points 4 months ago Yeah the valve boot licking brigade is out spreading that falsehood for who knows what reason. I've heard of 3 lawsuits. None of them are about steam keys. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip -1 points 4 months ago Yeah the valve boot licking brigade is out spreading that falsehood for who knows what reason. I've heard of 3 lawsuits. None of them are about steam keys. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alakey@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Steam lets publishers include Steam keys if they don’t sell them for cheaper than on Steam. Then how come official retailers like GMG are consistently able to sell Steam keys at 10% discount for nearly every new AAA release on launch? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 1 point 4 months ago Cause they're key retailers without a platform. Steam already got paid for those keys. GMG also publishes games. They're like the only games with the same price on both sites. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 1 point 4 months ago Cause they're key retailers without a platform. Steam already got paid for those keys. GMG also publishes games. They're like the only games with the same price on both sites. permalink fedilink source parent