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$843 million lawsuit against Valve already has its own website: "The Steam Claim" accuses the biggest store in PC gaming of "overcharging" players (www.gamesradar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Steam, for its faults, is where it is because it is the best application to do what it does.

Yes others exist, and they’re all vastly inferior.

I'm not denying that. As a consumer I like a lot of what Steam does. I am a big fan of what they've done for the Linux gaming community for example. I am saying because they are so dominant in the market they can do things like keep their commissions high and push publishers to sign price parity obligations.

I imagine a lot of publishers feel like if they don't have a choice but to list their games on Steam. The alternative would greatly limit their reach.

My initial point was Steam isn't directly overcharging players like the title of the article implies. I feel like the title should have been about the cause and not the effect.