The lawsuit is said to represent 14 million UK gamers
  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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    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.caEnglish
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      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.caEnglish
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        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.