{"id":51106,"date":"2024-06-13T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/valve-is-being-sued-for-838-million-over-alleged-pricing-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T14:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T13:40:00","slug":"valve-is-being-sued-for-838-million-over-alleged-pricing-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/valve-is-being-sued-for-838-million-over-alleged-pricing-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve Is Being Sued For $838 Million Over Alleged Pricing Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>People <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/valve-taken-to-court-over-its-refund-policy-1628236525\">do<\/a> <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/british-telecom-giant-is-suing-valve-over-steam-patent-1786026255\">like<\/a> <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/counter-strike-player-sues-valve-over-illegal-weapon-sk-1782586467\">to<\/a> <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/former-valve-employee-sues-for-3-1-million-alleging-w-1778526962\">try<\/a> <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/french-consumer-group-sues-valve-over-lack-of-steam-res-1748776561\">to<\/a> <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/valve-steam-antitrust-lawsuit-wolfire-games-us-court-1848912204\">sue Valve<\/a>, most often alleging that Steam has some sort of monopoly over the PC games market. This is likely because Steam just might have some sort of monopoly over the PC games market. The latest attempt to break the Washington-based developer\u2019s stranglehold comes from the little island that\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/valve-steam-pc-sued-price-fixing-1851537419\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People do like to try to sue Valve, most often alleging that Steam has some sort of monopoly over the PC games market. This is likely because Steam just might have some sort of monopoly over the PC games market. 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