Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy… and then it’s only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can’t it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It’s so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic… which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.

  • ricecake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Price fixing is, as your highlighted bit says, a conspiracy to not compete on prices. Valve isn’t conspiring with their competition to fix prices, nor does valve even set the price.

    The lawsuit alleges that it’s anticompetitive, not price fixing.

    I personally don’t think it’s anticompetitive , given the number of popular games that don’t use steam. I just think that epic has a worse product, which isn’t valves fault.

    • RxBrad@infosec.pubEnglish
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      13 days ago

      From the actual lawsuit documents (emphasis is mine):

      Valve’s monopolization and attempted monopolization have the purpose and effect of fixing and inflating prices in the relevant market.

      EDIT: Uh… Exactly what part are we downvoting here? All I did was quote the lawsuit.