All articles tagged with #price parity
Samsung's Gen 5.0 9100 PRO SSDs have dropped in price: the 1TB model is $249 and the 2TB model is $399 on Amazon, placing them near parity with Gen 4.0 990 PRO prices while delivering faster speeds; buying without heatsinks is advised to save money.
Newly surfaced emails and Bloomberg transcripts raise questions about Valve's public claim that Steam does not pressure developers on pricing, revealing past threats to delist titles and pressure over price parity with rivals like Ubisoft and Warner Bros. The revelations come amid US and UK class actions accusing Valve of a 30% commission and price controls that may inflate consumer prices, with potential damages near $1 billion. Valve says there is no formal policy, citing content parity enforcement; the broader PC storefront landscape remains Steam-dominated despite competition.
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.