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New Valve lawsuit wants to pay $150 compensation to Dutch PC gamers for Steam monopoly

Valve has found itself up against some real legal pressure in recent times, with class action lawsuits filed in the US and UK alleging that Steam has been leveraging its market monopoly to beat down pricing competition, while taking excessive cuts from sales. Now, Dutch non-profit group Consumer Competition Claims (CCC...

Valve has found itself up against some real legal pressure in recent times, with class action lawsuits filed in the US and UK alleging that Steam has been leveraging its market monopoly to beat down pricing competition, while taking excessive cuts from sales. Now, Dutch non-profit group Consumer Competition Claims (CCC) is joining in, suggesting that gamers in the Netherlands have collectively overpaid by "more than €220 million" ($255 million) due to Valve's practices.

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