Is this the "fair competition" praised by recent articles?
If a store with dominant market share taking a 30% cut can bully developers into not passing on savings to customers on competing stores with lower fees, then competition doesn't stand a chance.
If a store with dominant market share taking a 30% cut can bully developers into not passing on savings to customers on competing stores with lower fees, then competition doesn't stand a chance.
Newly revealed court documents from an ongoing antitrust lawsuit claim that Valve once threatened to remove Rainbow Six Siege from Steam after Ubisoft tried selling the game at a lower price on its own storefront, Uplay.
According to the reports, Ubisoft introduced a cheaper of Rainbow Six Siege outside of Steam.
Valve allegedly warned Ubisoft that the game could be removed from Steam if the pricing difference wasn’t addressed. Ubisoft changed course, and the game remained on the platform.
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Very similar to the allegations against Amazon for taking high fees while retaliating against product makers who offer better prices on lower-fee stores. Price competition is the #1 opportunity for new market entrants to compete!
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From @AGRobBonta's office:
"Attorney General Bonta Exposes Amazon Price Fixing Scheme Driving Up Costs for Americans, Asks Court to Immediately Halt Illegal Conduct"
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Competition is supposed to be good for everyone, as the wise man states in the article below.
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Valve CEO Gabe Newell has said competition from @EpicGames Store will ultimately be good for everyone, despite causing problems for #Steam over the past 16 months. #Repost
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Bloomberg article: x.com/TheGamingLedge…
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Valve being accused by various developers for threatening to delist the games off of Steam if pricing is favourable on other storefronts.
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Kotaku article: x.com/Kotaku/status/…
Valve Is Being Sued For $838 Million Over Alleged Pricing Restrictions dlvr.it/T8DTkc
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And see "Reply Attachment B-1" for a lot of emails where price pressure is exerted on developers.
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@TimSweeneyEpic hey Tim, if Valve is raising pricing for games across platforms, can you give a single example of an Epic exclusive that was sold cheaper than the standard pricing? Surely there is at least 1 example of a game that didn't release on steam being sold for cheap for gamers, right?
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@TimSweeneyEpic Stop being a little bitch because your product sucks and can't compete. I can buy games from Steam, Epic, GOG, PlayStation, Xbox, Green Man Gaming, along with various other third party websites. There is no monopoly. You're just a fucking child that can't figure out how to win.
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@TimSweeneyEpiced this already released game from Steam for no reason after acquiring its developer, you and your company are actively anti-competition and anti-consumer
You cannot single out Steam for the 30% cut when it is INDUSTRY STANDARD, you should be giving that same energy to Xbox, n too if you were consistent.
You cannot single out Steam for the 30% cut when it is INDUSTRY STANDARD, you should be giving that same energy to Xbox, n too if you were consistent.
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@TimSweeneyEpic Tim, from where your time capacity to run the company is coming, in the middle of the constant lamenting and complaining?
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@TimSweeneyEpic Allow Rocket League back on Steam you fucking thief. I didn't buy the game to play it on your launcher.
I've never seen a CEO get so owned in the comment section. You need to do some serious soul-searching and realize there are good reasons why people hate you and your company.
I've never seen a CEO get so owned in the comment section. You need to do some serious soul-searching and realize there are good reasons why people hate you and your company.
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@TimSweeneyEpic Build a better store. A better user experience. Steam is king for a reason.
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@TimSweeneyEpice crap places like Walmart pulled on us in the 90s. We had the rights to sell boxed copies of our games direct, but were also in retail via a publisher.
So on something like Duke or Shadow Warrior we were offering a $5 discount buying directly from us. Walmart calls the pub and says "we're pulling the game from shelves if there isn't immediate reversal and price parity." We weren't exactly running 30% or 50% sales. $5. Bullshit.
So on something like Duke or Shadow Warrior we were offering a $5 discount buying directly from us. Walmart calls the pub and says "we're pulling the game from shelves if there isn't immediate reversal and price parity." We weren't exactly running 30% or 50% sales. $5. Bullshit.
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@TimSweeneyEpic i bet you will also do the same when something like this happened at epic store but i forgot, almost no one buy games at epic store🤣🤣🤣
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@TimSweeneyEpic Bribing third party developers into non-profitable exclusivity deals just to stick it to Valve isn't "fair competition" either you dipshit.
The EGS offers nothing of value as an alternative to Steam other than exclusive rights to games they had no hand in making.
The EGS offers nothing of value as an alternative to Steam other than exclusive rights to games they had no hand in making.
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@TimSweeneyEpic @shannonplante You had the resources to release a platform with feature parity to compete with Steam but you did everything EXCEPT that.
So pardon me if I don’t want to hear grumbling from you.
So pardon me if I don’t want to hear grumbling from you.
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Companies passing savings to customers? When has that ever happened 💀 they will just keep it for themselves
I rather valve have it who actually has been non stop doing extremely customer friendly things with the money
Sorry man you seriously need to stop fighting steam its a losing battle
Apple? Sure. Steam and valve have earned the trust of players. Fighting them will bring you nothing but bad
Companies passing savings to customers? When has that ever happened 💀 they will just keep it for themselves
I rather valve have it who actually has been non stop doing extremely customer friendly things with the money
Sorry man you seriously need to stop fighting steam its a losing battle
Apple? Sure. Steam and valve have earned the trust of players. Fighting them will bring you nothing but bad
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@TimSweeneyEpic Strange...
Everyone take 30% Google/Nitendo/Sony/Microsoft and there is 0 problem but when its Steam, you cry ? Why ?
You juste want drama
Everyone take 30% Google/Nitendo/Sony/Microsoft and there is 0 problem but when its Steam, you cry ? Why ?
You juste want drama
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@TimSweeneyEpic Fortnite is one of the biggest live service cash cows in the industry, and yet you still fired 1000 employees. Shut the fuck up Tim, you're in the no position to talk.
Get over that little inferiority complex of yours you utterly pathetic little weasel.
Get over that little inferiority complex of yours you utterly pathetic little weasel.
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@TimSweeneyEpic First mover advantage. Everything else is just marketing to keep it. Imagine if Gaben put up a steamedgrants with 831m in funding. Nahhh we like sea research. Thanks for what you do Timmmm
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@TimSweeneyEpic maybe you should make a good platform that actually runs well and is convenient to use instead of crying like a little bitch boy?
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@TimSweeneyEpic Free markets and fair competition in so many ways broken in the West. The big platforms e.g. Amazon, Apple and Google app store & Steam of course abuse their power. Micron (American memory maker) enjoys 66% gross profit margins thanks to memory biz being 3-company price cartel.
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@TimSweeneyEpic Or the publisher can have the same sale on both storefronts? When are you going to understand that we like Steam because it works. Other stores lack the polish and basic usefulness we need. How many years has Epic store been out? And yet it's never gotten better.
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@TimSweeneyEpic Our development team is literally a nobody and even we've experienced this from the Valve team. They forced us to remove links to our Patreon from our game... just because they claimed it was a violation of their policies.
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@TimSweeneyEpic then make a better product, thats literally all you have to do.
Theres a reason no one uses Epic
Theres a reason no one uses Epic
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@TimSweeneyEpic Imagine a mall telling stores they can't offer lower prices on their own website or they'll get evicted.
That's exactly what Valve is doing.
That's exactly what Valve is doing.
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@TimSweeneyEpic People not switching to the Epic Store is a problem only you can solve.
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@TimSweeneyEpic Is the criticism about the lack of optionality around the features Valve provides?
Eg if no cloud etc, then lower fee?
Otherwise how is this different from Nintendo?
Eg if no cloud etc, then lower fee?
Otherwise how is this different from Nintendo?
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@TimSweeneyEpic skill issue
Gabe produces a better services
you don't - never even sure if you have used it, but yours is total shit
Gabe produces a better services
you don't - never even sure if you have used it, but yours is total shit
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