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$843 million lawsuit against Valve already has its own website: "The Steam Claim" accuses the biggest store in PC gaming of "overcharging" players (www.gamesradar.com)

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[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Interestingly enough GOG takes 30% and has had periods they struggled.

The storefront saw a slight increase in revenue but a net loss of around $1.14 million in the last financial quarter. Overall, it’s lost about $2.21 million over the past three quarters compared to a $1.37 million profit over the same period in 2020. CD Projekt didn’t immediately reply to questions about how its new strategy might translate into changes to GOG’s features or catalog.

One staff member tied the earlier layoffs to increased competition in PC gaming storefronts, which has driven major platforms to lower the commission they take from developers.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/29/22808199/cd-projekt-gog-losses-restructuring-earnings-2021

Funny thing is lower cut is likely to benefit steam more by killing off the competition for good with the economies of scale they have on their side compared to competitors which themselves are running at a loss and not clear if the cut is sustainable in the long run to justify running.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Everyone is very focussed on the 30pct. But there are multiple points in the claim. Price clauses and such.

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Used /r/gamedeals and isthereanydeals a long time so not even sure how effective the price clauses are when I've gotten so many deals for games on my preferred platform for a lower price.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

Me2.. I mostly buy outside steam. But that is not the issue at hand. If a dominant company is thought to abuse their position, it should be investigated.

And over the last years several indie devs have said there are some narly contract clauses.