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Valve, the owner of the world’s most popular online gaming platform Steam, is one antitrust case is busy. According to this lawsuit, filed by independent developer Wolfire, Valve
Valve, the owner of the world’s most popular online gaming platform Steam, is one antitrust case is busy. According to this lawsuit, filed by independent developer Wolfire, Valve abused Steam’s dominant position in the market and demanded very high commissions. The documents filed in this ongoing case and shared with the public reveal that there was a dispute between Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney and Steam boss Gabe Newell. fight is revealed.
According to the information obtained, the fuse of the fight between Sweeney and Steam was in 2018 It is fueled by a correspondence process. In the emails they send, the parties speak very loudly to each other, and even offended until They use expressions. Let’s look together at the details of this interesting fight.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney sends a joint email to Gabe Newell and Steam COO Scott Lynch in 2018. In this email, Sweeney describes the 30 percent commission that Steam receives from game sales. criticizes. Tim Sweeney argues that this high commission rate can be accepted for the early years of Steam and says the platform is now at a very different point so commission rates can be reduced.
This is exactly where the incident breaks out. The CEO of Epic Games wrote in part of the email:You bastards (A**holes), you say that powerful developers have special terms, while the 30 percent commission is for small people (i.e. independent developers).“We do not know if Gabe Newell was aware of this statement, but Scott Lynch received this email. that you answered We see.
Scott Lynch uses a very short and clear expression in the email to which he replied: “You’re crazy?“
How did this fight end? nobody knows. What we understand from this, however, is that the CEO of Epic Games hates Steam and its executives. But let’s also say this; Steam gives concessions to large developers and imposes a 30 percent commission on independent or small developers. There’s nothing acceptable about it.
English and Turkish translated versions of the email shared with the public:
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