FirmDistribution@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhy is Valve being sued for almost $900 million, but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?message-squaremessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1540arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1517arrow-down1message-squareWhy is Valve being sued for almost $900 million, but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?FirmDistribution@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square96fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down16·3 days agoTo be honest, Epic is doing a good job of tearing down walled gardens in places like mobile, and we’ll probably be better off for it. But yeah, they’ve done a terrible job of competing with Steam.
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoThey’re doing that because they want their own walled garden.
minus-squaredoublah@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoThe problem there comes from Epic taking secret deals to settle those cases instead of let any precedent be set that would actually benefit customers.
To be honest, Epic is doing a good job of tearing down walled gardens in places like mobile, and we’ll probably be better off for it. But yeah, they’ve done a terrible job of competing with Steam.
They’re doing that because they want their own walled garden.
The problem there comes from Epic taking secret deals to settle those cases instead of let any precedent be set that would actually benefit customers.