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72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, according to study (www.gamesindustry.biz)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/steam@programming.dev

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

Steam forced publishers to ensure that the cheapest price for their game would be on steam. No other marketplace was allowed to have a cheaper price. If that isn't anticompetitive, I dont know what is.

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[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This is not true anymore. How do you think humble bundle works?

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The case was actually won against Valve. What is your argument? "They did one shitty thing, they probably won't do / aren't doing another" ?

[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You didn't really answer the question. How does Humble get around that?

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not your squire. If you have a counterargument, go find proof yourself.

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