Valve antitrust lawsuit reportedly reveals lengths Steam owner is willing to go to prevent cheaper prices elsewhere - and even the major publishers aren't safe
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Newly uncovered evidence in an ongoing antitrust lawsuit has claimed Valve works aggressively behind the scenes to maintain its position.
  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2210·
    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.deEnglish
      4·
      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.zipEnglish
      36·
      2 months ago

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