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Gabe Newell ordered to make in-person deposition for Valve v. Wolfire Games lawsuit (web.archive.org)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It doesn’t matter. The suit is alleging that valve threatened to ban games if they were cheaper on other stores. Thats monopolistic price manipulation, and it’s illegal.

That is only true specifically for Steam keys and is a very important distinction. You can't sell your game cheaper with your free Steam keys on another store cheaper than Steam without giving Steam customers the same discount within a 'reasonable amount of time'.

Publishers/Developers are free to undercut Steam with non-Steam keys on other stores.

From their policy:

It's OK to run a discount for Steam Keys on different stores at different times as long as you plan to give a comparable offer to Steam customers within a reasonable amount of time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In his blog, David claimed that steam reps were threatening to pull his game if he listed lower on other stores.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

But did he have proof to back up the claims? Or did he make the claim with no evidence?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I have no idea. We will see in court right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Feel like that is never actually enforced with my frequent use of isthereanydeals to check current and historical pricing before buying a game.

https://isthereanydeal.com/game/riskofrainreturns/info/