Poland to scrutinize digital game platforms like Steam and PSN on suspicion of anti-competitive practices
Poland to scrutinize digital game platforms like Steam and PSN on suspicion of anti-competitive practices | Game World Observer
I can see an argument for PSN and to a lesser degree Steam being anti-competitive. But from this article they seem to be implying a major point is them being digital markets pushing out "traditional" game sales, which sounds silly to me.
I've never really understood the need to hold digital sales back to physical goods sales. It's like complaining that Costco is cheaper because it skips the traditional store front.
How Steam?
Steam is the 800 lb gorilla in the PC gaming sector. It sort of is the biggest offender as far as Poland's argument is concerned.
According to the game sales industry, providing a useful service is anticompetitive behaviour, because you might steal customers from the platforms that are screwing everyone.
Poland blames steam reviews for cp2077 doing poorly on release, probably.
