Valve does not decide how much the games cost, its the publisher Microsoft of the games. And why is Microsoft singled out here? This is true for every other publisher as well, including Sony and third parties. There is no evidence for the claim that has been made. You can’t accuse being in a cartel just because you had a bad dream. Sounds like made up arguments.
From what I remember, if you publish on Steam and other platforms, you are not allowed to offer bigger sales on other platforms. If you don’t offer a similar discount/pricing on Steam in the coming weeks/months, Valve warns you about removing it from its storefront. And that’s what’s also written here.
Steam is the best launcher, store and gamertoolkit for consumer, I agree with that and especially since that I’m a GNU/Linux gamer. However that doesn’t mean Valve is clean and has no cartel behavior. They make their money by create incentives for gamers to gamble on lootboxes.
Probably either aiming for deep pockets that they think would be willing to pay them to dismiss the suit, or someone behind the scenes trying to target those companies with bad press.
It’s hard to tell with Microsoft since they’re always out shooting themselves in the foot publicly, but I’ve noticed an interesting recent uptick in articles trying to paint Valve and Steam in a negative light.
Valve does not decide how much the games cost, its the publisher Microsoft of the games. And why is Microsoft singled out here? This is true for every other publisher as well, including Sony and third parties. There is no evidence for the claim that has been made. You can’t accuse being in a cartel just because you had a bad dream. Sounds like made up arguments.
From what I remember, if you publish on Steam and other platforms, you are not allowed to offer bigger sales on other platforms. If you don’t offer a similar discount/pricing on Steam in the coming weeks/months, Valve warns you about removing it from its storefront. And that’s what’s also written here.
Steam is the best launcher, store and gamertoolkit for consumer, I agree with that and especially since that I’m a GNU/Linux gamer. However that doesn’t mean Valve is clean and has no cartel behavior. They make their money by create incentives for gamers to gamble on lootboxes.
Probably either aiming for deep pockets that they think would be willing to pay them to dismiss the suit, or someone behind the scenes trying to target those companies with bad press.
It’s hard to tell with Microsoft since they’re always out shooting themselves in the foot publicly, but I’ve noticed an interesting recent uptick in articles trying to paint Valve and Steam in a negative light.