Didn't that clause already go to court, and it was found to only apply to steam keys, not all releases of the game?
Comment on Epic explains why it hasn't sued Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft over 30% fee
sirdorius@programming.dev 6 months agoThe price is the same because of a Most Favored Nations clause in Steam’s ToS. Publishers have to sell it at the same or higher price on other platforms to keep their product on Steam, which is the lion’s share of the market. This is part of the accusation in the lawsuit: programming.dev/comment/5159579
Now you could argue that even if it were removed, publishers would still sell at the same price and keep the extra profit, but that’s just hypothetical at this point.
AnonTwo@kbin.social 6 months ago
Rose@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No, the trial hasn’t started yet. In the complaint, the plaintiffs quote Valve saying that it applies not only to Steam keys but to everything.
BigVault@kbin.social 6 months ago
Even on EGS exclusives? No such clause should affect the price if it’s not on sale on another store.
Not one single EGS exclusive has been sold at less than standard prices afaik.
The whole thing is bullshit.
sirdorius@programming.dev 6 months ago
How do you compare it with other platforms if it’s exclusive to EGS? For timed exclusives, it would mean the price would have to go UP on EGS when the Steam version launches, which seems like pretty dumb marketing honestly.
I know I’m playing devil’s advocate defending Epic and publishers, but I don’t see how defending monopolies is any better.
BigVault@kbin.social 6 months ago
Not that hard to compare to be honest when games launch at price parity with console launches despite the lesser cut.
Borderlands 3 launched on Xbox, PlayStation and EGS, each at $59.99
PlayStation and Xbox had a 30% cut and cost the same.
0 benefit to the consumer.
Fuck them. It’s all bullshit.
sirdorius@programming.dev 6 months ago
Sony also has an MFN, not sure about Xbox: tryhardguides.com/epic-games-ceo-says-sony-is-the…
The real reason Epic hasn’t sued Sony is because they’re an Epic shareholder