PC gamers win the first battle against Valve Corporation as £656m competition claim receives judicial approval
The UK specialist competition tribunal has certified the £656m legal claim against Valve brought by children’s rights campaigner, Vicki Shotbolt. This marks a significant first victory for the class of around 14 million PC gamers against Valve – the owner of popular gaming platform, Steam.
The claim alleges that Valve has abused its dominant position in the PC gaming market under UK competition law by imposing excessive commission charges and anti-competitive restrictions on game developers selling gaming titles on the Steam platform.
These excessive commission charges are passed onto consumers by way of increased prices for PC games and in-game content.
Ms Shotbolt, the class representative, asserts that Valve’s conduct has increased the prices of games across the entire market. Therefore the class is not limited to Steam users but also includes purchasers of PC games and downloadable content on other gaming platforms and distribution channels.
I’m going to guess (this is speculation) that Shotbolt & co. are sanctimonious, self-serving ambulance chaser dipshits. Wolfire and Epic opened the sluice gate and they wanted a slice of the cake in a different jurisdiction. Whatever payout the “gamers” might ever receive (this is NOT speculation) will amount to literal pennies while the lawyers barristers take home millions.
You’re still talking about steam issued keys right? Why should they not have binding terms over those? Publishers can still issue licenses for their games a whatever cost using other drm systems can’t they?
Honestly this reeks of bad faith.
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I’m going to guess (this is speculation) that Shotbolt & co. are sanctimonious, self-serving ambulance chaser dipshits. Wolfire and Epic opened the sluice gate and they wanted a slice of the cake in a different jurisdiction. Whatever payout the “gamers” might ever receive (this is NOT speculation) will amount to literal pennies while the
lawyersbarristers take home millions.It is speculation, yes. This is about consumer rights.
You spent the better part of the week spewing contrarian nonsense. What are you trying to achieve? Are you farming downvotes?
It may be contrarian to this community, but here is the official summary and it sounds fair: https://www.catribunal.org.uk/judgments/16407724-vicki-shotbolt-class-representative-limited-v-valve-corporation-judgment-cpo
Why should Valve prevent larger discounts on other stores? It’s shitty business.
You’re still talking about steam issued keys right? Why should they not have binding terms over those? Publishers can still issue licenses for their games a whatever cost using other drm systems can’t they? Honestly this reeks of bad faith.
Downvotes aren’t recorded. They don’t add up to anything. Be a shit troll all you want, but in the end you’re just spinning your wheels.