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[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Valve allegedly threatened to delist all editions of Rainbow Six Siege after Ubisoft offered a cheaper option on its Uplay store.

Yeah.

Because it violates their policy. That's not a "threat", those are the terms of the contract Ubi and WB agreed to. Terms that everyone has to follow.

I do like Valve more than most companies, but this is absolutely monopolistic behavior.

[-] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

I do think the R6 Siege situation is a bit different, to my knowledge it was about Ubisoft adding a new cheaper "Starter Pack" option that lets you access a multiplayer-first game on different terms. It seems scummy to give users playing the same game on the same servers different terms on different storefronts.

[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip -3 points 2 months ago

They're also being sued because this situation is completely different from the clause mentioned in the policy.

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