“you are crazy?” Valve responded to an email from Tim Sweeney against Steam

Tim Sweeney He took a brave stand Against companies like Apple, Google, and Valve in recent years Raising the banner of free competition, improving working conditions for developers, and ending fees deemed exorbitant on online platforms. Some of his ideas and actions are not liked by his colleagues and competitors, and a heated exchange with senior Valve managers, such as Gabe Newell, was recently revealed.

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Tim Sweeney has already been in discussions with Valve and Steam since 2017

Report for PCGamer Shared details about A series of emails that were used as evidence in the trial between Valve and Wolffire in an antitrust lawsuit This completely contradicts the dominant position that Steam enjoys and the advantage that the company that owns this platform takes from it in the market, which limits other companies. on, These are communications that took place between 2017 and 2018 involving Tim Sweeney, Gabe Newell and other Valve executives They discussed the graphics and the upcoming launch of the Epic Games Store at the time.

One of those emails reveals Tim Sweeney's direct criticism of the 30% share that Steam takes from publishers and developers, questioning whether it is a win-win for all parties.. In this regard, Sweeney argues that in reality, after fees, marketing and operating expenses, Valve turns out to make more money in most cases than game makers: “The system takes 75% and leaves 25% for game creation, worse than the retail economics of the 1990s.”

Tim Sweeney attacked Valve and Steam and was mocked by the company

Then, an email from 2018 shows Tim Sweeney being angry about the impending launch of the Epic Games Store and Valve's strategy where they reported a decline in engagement for very successful titles, remaining at 20%. This is where the head of Epic Games exploded because at that moment he believed that Valve could be an ally in his fight against Apple: “At this moment, You idiotsThey are telling the world that the strong and powerful have special conditions, while 30% is for the young. We're all in for a long fight if Apple tries to maintain its 30% monopoly by making behind-the-scenes deals with major publishers to keep them quiet. Why don't we give all developers a better deal? “What's the best way to quickly convince Apple that its model is now completely unsustainable?”

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The series of emails used as evidence ends with a brief, even sarcastic, response from Valve's chief operating officer, Scott Lynch, who merely wrote: “Are you my crazy brother?”.

at the moment, Tim Sweeney and Epic Games continue their battle against AppleSpecifically in Europe, where the iPhone company is trying by all means to prevent this fortnite The Epic Store is coming to iOS and the App Store.

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