Valve moves to dismiss game developer's antitrust claims
( July 26, 2021, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Valve Corporation told a US judge that its “Steam Keys” program is entirely lawful, and its 30 percent commission on its Steam Gaming Platform is a competitive price. Valve moved to dismiss antitrust claims filed by Wolfire Games, arguing it has no duty to allow developers to use free Steam Keys to undersell prices for the games they sell on Steam, or provide those keys at all, and it couldn’t have tied games sales to its PC platform because both are elements of a single service that competes in a single market.See document below. ...
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