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    Steam Steam Hit with Class Action Lawsuit, Alledging Monopolistic Practices

    Some of the internal files revealed through discovery in the Apple v. Epic lawsuit are extremely relevant to the Steam vs Epic matter. Most notably, Epic's internal briefing documents admit that they hire paid influencers to disrupt Steam reviews. Other "features" of the Epic platform are that...
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    Steam Steam Hit with Class Action Lawsuit, Alledging Monopolistic Practices

    Because, like Cobra, they're determined to rule the world. In all seriousness, Epic is making a long-term play to try to gain market dominance through legal shenanigans. What they're going for is the courts outright saying that simply declining to do business with Epic is illegal collusion...
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    Steam Steam Hit with Class Action Lawsuit, Alledging Monopolistic Practices

    The other key point is that this lawsuit isn't just against Valve -- the lawsuit also names a seemingly random selection of the developers who do business with Valve, claiming that their willingness to contract under Valve's terms constitutes wilful collusion with Valve's alleged monopoly...
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    Steam Steam Hit with Class Action Lawsuit, Alledging Monopolistic Practices

    They don't, but the Steam sales agreement does include a clause where developers agree that they won't sell on other digital platforms for a lower *list* price than they offer on Steam. This does not in any way restrict sales and promotional offers, however, and the actual price is entirely up...
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    Steam Steam Hit with Class Action Lawsuit, Alledging Monopolistic Practices

    It's hilariously greedy claiming Steam charges excessive commissions when Steam literally turned the gaming market upside down with 30% commissions versus the previous market norm of 70% commissions, and their only evidence that Steam commissions are "excessive" is the assertion that commissions...
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