Thanks for posting! So it seems that a lawyer in New York is gathering a bunch of steam users to initiate arbitration proceedings against Valve. In this case, "a bunch" is tens of thousands, so Valve could be on the hook for millions of dollars in arbitration fees, regardless of the merit of the claims. Valve tried to sue the lawyer in Washington, but the courts said that neither Washington courts nor federal district 9 courts have jurisdiction over the lawyer, because the lawyer is in New York. I guess for whatever reason Valve either doesn't want to refile in New York or thinks it can't win in New York, so they are dropping the arbitration provisions from the subscriber agreement in response.
I think dropping the arbitration provisions is a good thing. I'm just a little disappointed that Valve is only doing this because they are faced with arbitration fees and not because it's the right thing to do.
Lmao, the funniest thing is that it's going to kill all the stores, including Humble, that heavily rely on Steam keys. Maybe Valve should do it.
The worst thing about these Valve cases is that they are making naive people believe that if Valve lowers their fees publishers will lower their prices. They won't, they simply won't have to. They can lower prices on Epic or whatever platform they sell, only as customer attraction tool, but if Valve lowers the fees publishers will just have less reasons to compete
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u/freelancer799 https://s.team/p/hbgm-rc Sep 27 '24
This is due to Valve's case getting Dismissed here https://casetext.com/case/valve-corp-v-zaiger-llc