▲ 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 465 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] mabeledo@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Bratosch@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (2 children) None of that first paragraph is in the article OP linked lmao, at least not the one I can see. Why would Steam put your game on their site for free, giving it exposure to potential buyers, just for the buyers to turn around and buy it cheaper somewhere else? Steam only takes a cut on sold copies. Xbox, Ubisoft, EA, Blizzard/Activision, Epic, Rockstar, all have launchers. Hell, even Amazon has got a game launcher. Had any of them been better than, or at least as good as Steam, people would probably buy a game there if it was not listed on Steam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mabeledo@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bratosch@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago And Steam is not their fucking platform . If Amazon where to set such a policy, well then just fucking stop selling there. It would come crumbling down on itself. You people don't seem to realize the responsibility of the sellers in keeping companies like Valve at the position their in. You can't have the cookie and eat it, which is exactly what they are pushing for with these lawsuits. But yeah, let's kill Steam and watch EA put commercial breaks in their games, MTX just to progress in the story, subscription to even continue to have access to your games, always-online for the most basic single player games just so they can keep track of you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bratosch@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (2 children) None of that first paragraph is in the article OP linked lmao, at least not the one I can see. Why would Steam put your game on their site for free, giving it exposure to potential buyers, just for the buyers to turn around and buy it cheaper somewhere else? Steam only takes a cut on sold copies. Xbox, Ubisoft, EA, Blizzard/Activision, Epic, Rockstar, all have launchers. Hell, even Amazon has got a game launcher. Had any of them been better than, or at least as good as Steam, people would probably buy a game there if it was not listed on Steam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] mabeledo@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bratosch@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago And Steam is not their fucking platform . If Amazon where to set such a policy, well then just fucking stop selling there. It would come crumbling down on itself. You people don't seem to realize the responsibility of the sellers in keeping companies like Valve at the position their in. You can't have the cookie and eat it, which is exactly what they are pushing for with these lawsuits. But yeah, let's kill Steam and watch EA put commercial breaks in their games, MTX just to progress in the story, subscription to even continue to have access to your games, always-online for the most basic single player games just so they can keep track of you. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] mabeledo@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bratosch@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago And Steam is not their fucking platform . If Amazon where to set such a policy, well then just fucking stop selling there. It would come crumbling down on itself. You people don't seem to realize the responsibility of the sellers in keeping companies like Valve at the position their in. You can't have the cookie and eat it, which is exactly what they are pushing for with these lawsuits. But yeah, let's kill Steam and watch EA put commercial breaks in their games, MTX just to progress in the story, subscription to even continue to have access to your games, always-online for the most basic single player games just so they can keep track of you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bratosch@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago And Steam is not their fucking platform . If Amazon where to set such a policy, well then just fucking stop selling there. It would come crumbling down on itself. You people don't seem to realize the responsibility of the sellers in keeping companies like Valve at the position their in. You can't have the cookie and eat it, which is exactly what they are pushing for with these lawsuits. But yeah, let's kill Steam and watch EA put commercial breaks in their games, MTX just to progress in the story, subscription to even continue to have access to your games, always-online for the most basic single player games just so they can keep track of you. permalink fedilink source parent