![]() Unfortunately, the lawsuit also names some specific - fairly random - developers and publishers, since they needed ‘sample games’ to bring the suit against. The essence of the suit, which you can read in full here (PDF link)? Quoting: “Valve abuses the Steam platform’s market power by requiring game developers to enter into a 'Most Favored Nations' provision contained in the Steam Distribution Agreement whereby the game developers agree that the price of a PC game on the Steam platform will be the same price the game developers sell their PC games on other platforms." ‘Valve Corporation’s Steam platform is the dominant platform for game developers to distribute and sell PC games in the United States,’ states the complaint being handled by attorneys at Vorys Sater.” Valve is specifically being accused of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, legal history fans! (I’ve chosen these gentlemen traveling to a 1930s naval treaty meeting as a proxy image for a sinister cabal, even though I’m sure they were perfectly legitimate.)Īs the Hollywood Reporter notes: “On Thursday, five gamers filed a putative class action in California federal court against Valve Corporation. or so says a new lawsuit filed Thursday, as written up by The Hollywood Reporter. ![]()
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