qarboneDutch gamers file €220 million claim against Valve, operator of game platform Steam
Is there any actual proof of valve taking actions to limit competition or are they just popular because they have a good business model?
gmtomI know from experience valve coerces developers into participating in their sale events, basically saying there game won’t get promoted on the store or in searches unless they agree to sales.
Which considering they already take a massive 30% cut of developers earnings, is very scummy. Lots of indie Devs that already struggle to make money and already sell their games for super cheap are basically forced to cut their profits even further just to get some visibility on the platform.
basically saying there game won’t get promoted on the store or in searches unless they agree to sales.
I’m very skeptical of that. The Factorio devs famously refuse to ever put the game on sale, and has even increased the price over time to account for inflation. Yet they’re one of the most popular games on Steam
Got any proof to back up your claims?
You’re the one making the claim. Thr onus lies on you
You’re the one making claims figure it out.
But by this point it’s pretty obvious that you have no proof. You’re just trying make it look like you’re waiting on me because you can’t admit you’re full of shit.
Like I said, pony up or shut up
It’s a pretty simple question and you refusing to answer it just proves you’re not here to argue in good faith and just don’t want to back yourself into a corner that forces you to accept any particular evidence I would give you. As by refusing to state what evidence you would accept you leave yourself the option of arbitrarily refusing anything I present to you.
Which is exactly why I ask. I’ve been on the internet a long time and this is the best method for dealing with bad faith trolls.
Lol.
Again, that’s not how proving claims work. You made the claim, so pony up. If your evidence is so irrefutable, then share it.
You’re literally running the playbook of Gaslight, Obstruct, Project. You should quit “trying” to make indie games and run for political office for the MAGAts.
This isn’t the first time I’ve seen you posting on here, and you paint yourself as a wannabe indie dev that’s totally incompetent so you start bitching and moaning about everyone else instead of actually learning how to make a decent game, all to avoid admitting that you suck at it. Grow up, you are not entitled to have the entire world bow down and tell you you’re a special boy like your mother.