▲ 666 ▼ Court rules Gabe Newell must appear in person to testify in Steam anti-trust lawsuit (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 2 years ago by Goronmon@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world 271 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] echo64@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) People don't buy games on the competitors, but yes may developers did flock to epic, which made everyone hate epic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) Eh, more like Epic approached them with a suitcase full of money, that's very different. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago* Not even just that. They approached games that has already promised not to be exclusives, including kickstarter games that had already been funded with that promise, as well as buying games and removing them from other stores. They were paying to have the games removed from better stores so they wouldn't have to compete. That is an example of anti-competitive practices, not just making a better product and charging more for it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] echo64@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It was both. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hypna@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago People don't hate on Epic because their store has content. They hate on Epic because they tried to buy market share with exclusivity deals. Nobody wants PC gaming to turn into the streaming services. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) Eh, more like Epic approached them with a suitcase full of money, that's very different. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago* Not even just that. They approached games that has already promised not to be exclusives, including kickstarter games that had already been funded with that promise, as well as buying games and removing them from other stores. They were paying to have the games removed from better stores so they wouldn't have to compete. That is an example of anti-competitive practices, not just making a better product and charging more for it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] echo64@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It was both. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago* Not even just that. They approached games that has already promised not to be exclusives, including kickstarter games that had already been funded with that promise, as well as buying games and removing them from other stores. They were paying to have the games removed from better stores so they wouldn't have to compete. That is an example of anti-competitive practices, not just making a better product and charging more for it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hypna@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago People don't hate on Epic because their store has content. They hate on Epic because they tried to buy market share with exclusivity deals. Nobody wants PC gaming to turn into the streaming services. permalink fedilink source parent