Valve weighed removing Rainbow Six Siege from Steam after Ubisoft undercut on Uplay
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Bloomberg reports, cited in an antitrust case, that Valve pressured publishers over pricing—threatening to delist Rainbow Six Siege from Steam after Ubisoft offered a cheaper starter pack on Uplay, with a similar incident involving Warner Bros. and Middle-earth: Shadow of War, illustrating Valve's aggressive distribution leverage in the PC games market.
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