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PROOF: VALVE IS RIPPING EVERY PC GAMER OFF

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Source: The Hated One
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  • description: We know have evidence that Valve is indeed ripping the entire PC gaming industry. Support my work: Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/thehatedone Chapters 00:00 Problems and lies 01:15 Where is the evidence? 2:15 Proof that games are priced equally across multiple store fronts 5:11 Valve price parity requirement only mentions Steam keys 6:40 Evidence of Valve enforcing price parity beyond Steam keys 11:48 How Steam's price parity leads to higher prices for games across stores I have evidence that Valve’s Steam is ripping every PC gamer off. And I have evidence this is the case whether you get your games from Steam or from any other store for PC games. I’ve alluded to this in the part 1 of my investigation into Steam, where I lay out the different issues I have with Valve – including the fact that you don’t own your Steam games and Internet authentication is perpetually required or that Valve is charging insanely high cuts from all Steam sales. But there was one thing a lot of Valve loyalists had a problem with – and that was when I said that Valve is forcing publishers to price their games and offer the same content on Steam as on other stores. Which is an obnoxiously anti-competitive behavior where Valve wants to prevent publishers from selling their games for cheaper on other stores than on Steam. And many jumped to Valve’s defense saying that this price-parity requirement is only regarding Steam keys. And to me, that speaks volumes about how much these people care about the truth. Because I very conveniently cited all the sources that support this claim that Valve is enforcing price and content parity across all gaming stores and it’s not just about the Steam keys. Because this lie is continuously being perpetuated by Valve and its cultists, I’ve spent the last few weeks reading through literally hundreds of pages of court documents presenting evidence for Valve’s anti-competitive behavior. Yes, I actually read and analyzed hundreds of pages of complaints, exhibits and legal answers. But I care about the truth and I am proud of the research I am doing. SOURCES Wolfire Games LLC v. Valve Corporation (2:21-cv-00563) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59859024/wolfire-games-llc-v-valve-corporation/ Wolfire's complaint against Valve: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.298754/gov.uscourts.wawd.298754.127.0.pdf Valve's response to Wolfire's complaint: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.298754/gov.uscourts.wawd.298754.309.0.pdf EXHIBIT 85 - Evidence of Valve's enforcement of price and content parity beyond Steam keys: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.298754/gov.uscourts.wawd.298754.348.1.pdf Valve denies most allegations: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.298754/gov.uscourts.wawd.298754.128.0.pdf Video game giant Valve hit with consumer class action over pricing https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/video-game-giant-valve-hit-with-consumer-class-action-over-pricing-2024-08-12/ Elliott v. Valve Corporation (2:24-cv-01218) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69032524/elliott-v-valve-corporation/ Elliot's complaint against Valve: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.337957/gov.uscourts.wawd.337957.1.0.pdf Dark Catt Studios Holdings Inc v. Valve Corporation (2:21-cv-00872) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60020642/dark-catt-studios-holdings-inc-v-valve-corporation/ Dark Catt's complaint: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.300801/gov.uscourts.wawd.300801.1.0.pdf Valve's Motion to dismiss Dark Catt https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.300801/gov.uscourts.wawd.300801.38.0.pdf Valve's Answer to Dark Catt's complaint https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.300801/gov.uscourts.wawd.300801.75.0.pdf Steam Key rules: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/keys Does Steam have a most favored nations provision (Reddit discussion: https://old.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/n3k5kw/does_steam_have_a_no_favored_nation_clause/) CREDITS Music by CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic Follow me: https://twitter.com/The_HatedOne_ https://www.reddit.com/r/thehatedone/ The footage and images featured in the video were for critical analysis, commentary and parody, which are protected under the Fair Use laws of the United States Copyright act of 1976.
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