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Gabe Newell ordered to make in-person deposition for Valve v. Wolfire Games lawsuit (www.gamesindustry.biz)

submitted 1 year ago by nanoUFO to c/games

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (19 children)

The filing centred around the 30% cut that the platform holder takes, with the developer arguing that Valve used "dominance to take an extraordinarily high cut from nearly every sale that passes through its store" and that it has used its position to "exploit publishers and consumers."

Isn't 30% standard in every store? Also, Valve certainly has dominance, but it's hardly a monopoly. There are more options than any other OS.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Yeah, surely they can point to the Epic v Apple lawsuit and also point to the ability to install Heroic or any other launcher/software on their platform, and the judge will laugh the plaintiffs out of the courtroom.

I'm not a fan of the 30% cut, but that really is par for the course and any other company could compete with them on their own platform, unlike with Apple's iOS. So I see no basis here for a lawsuit.

I'm guessing the plaintiffs just wanted to meet Gabe and felt this was the easiest way to get a 1:1...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

A developer can even sell steam legs directly from their own site and not have to pay Valve the 30% cut. (If I remember correctly.)

[–] clearleaf 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you mean steam keys or steam legs?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would like to purchase a single steam leg, please.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I meant keys, but I must have actually been craving some steamed hams.

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