Valve allegedly pressured publishers to keep prices high across stores, emails show
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An antitrust lawsuit accuses Valve of leveraging Steam to pressure publishers like Ubisoft and Warner Bros. to maintain price parity, with emails claiming Valve threatened to delist Rainbow Six Siege and block pre-orders for Middle-earth: Shadow of War when cheaper options appeared elsewhere; Valve denies a formal price-parity policy.
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- Valve reportedly threatened Ubisoft with a total delisting of Rainbow Six Siege "by end of day tomorrow" when it tried selling it cheaper on Uplay GamesRadar+
- Gabe Newell on the accusations of Steam's monopoly: "Consumers have a huge choice of where to buy games" WN Hub
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