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Gabe Newell ordered to make in-person deposition for Valve v. Wolfire Games lawsuit (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yup, I don't see how this suit ever goes anywhere. It would be a better use of time to argue that your $500 Xbox has a locked down marketplace and can't play Steam/PlayStation games.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It shows that companies are regarded above customers when every console is a closed ecosystem with a single store, no sideloading support, but nobody challenges that.

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

Yeah, all this about phones being able to sideload apps, when are they going after these consoles?

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