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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

As 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.