Dadifer$843 million lawsuit against Valve already has its own website: "The Steam Claim" accuses the biggest store in PC gaming of "overcharging" players
Every time I see a post with this specific claim, targeted at Valve, i just can’t help but laugh.
Yes. They take a cut.
Yes. Everyone else takes the same cut, so you’re biased, if you don’t understand this.
Yes. They are an undisputed leader in the market, but no, that’s not called a monopoly.
The difference is that Valve, while taking this cut, and being as big as they are, are consistently investing that money into improvement of the platform, AND also paying people to directly contribute to OSS, that affects everyone else in the market too.
This isn’t even a bogus claim, but just a waste of everyone’s time
helenslunchAs an "undisputed leader in the market, Valve holds to the ability to drive down gaming costs across the board.
They also make insane amounts of money at the expense of consumers and developers/publishers.
Could they do all the things they do at 15-20% commission?Absolutely.
Is Valve a relatively pro-sumer company? Sure.
Does that excuse exorbitant fees? No.
Do other vendors charge similar? Outside of Epic, yes.
30% is an absolutely insane amount of money to charge. That’s why Valve is so impossibly wealthy and powerful.