FirmDistribution@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoWhy is Valve being sued for almost $900 million, but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1288arrow-down1message-squareWhy is Valve being sued for almost $900 million, but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?FirmDistribution@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 hours agoThis would be like if someone sued Walmart for letting their local store go out of business.
minus-squareToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 hours agoWalmart didn’t let local stores go out of business, it deliberately undercut local stores in order to drive them out if business.
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours agoIt’s not a perfect analogy, but you get my point.
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 hours agoMore like the local store suing Walmart for putting them out of business, but only after they pushed away all of their customers with bad ideas and flashy gimmicks
This would be like if someone sued Walmart for letting their local store go out of business.
Walmart didn’t let local stores go out of business, it deliberately undercut local stores in order to drive them out if business.
It’s not a perfect analogy, but you get my point.
More like the local store suing Walmart for putting them out of business, but only after they pushed away all of their customers with bad ideas and flashy gimmicks