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That lawsuit against Steam’s 30% cut of game sales is now a class action, meaning many other developers could benefit(www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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Serinus@lemmy.world
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They absolutely pressure developers to not sell cheaper elsewhere, even without a Steam key.

http://blog.wolfire.com/2021/05/Regarding-the-Valve-class-action

Steam might be the best of the gatekeepers, but they’re still anticompetitive.

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copygirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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I’ve looked into Wolfire’s claims multiple times in the past, but it was never confirmed elsewhere, so I don’t know what to think. Maybe this was a thing Valve did in the past (in which case, yes, boo!), but they couldn’t get away with it anymore, with the volume of developers that are now on their platform.

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