Many students love games. But what happens when a popular gaming platform is accused of monopolizing the game market, and is facing a major lawsuit?

  A lawsuit has been filed against Steam for monopolizing the game market, high commission rates, and overpricing games. It accuses Steam of forcing game owners to put their content on Steam by pressuring them, and adding certain contracted terms. The lawsuit has been filed since 2024, but has only recently been authorized to go ahead.

  This could mean several things for Steam. The best possible outcome is that Steam wins, but if Steam doesn’t win then Steam might have to do several things to revamp their store. They might disable certain features, or increase or decrease prices. 

  Some changes could be good or bad. They might remove the feature where you can’t use the DLC from other platforms for games, and you have to buy it on Steam which is good.  It could also force Steam to lower prices, which is good. But they might not have so many sales to maximize their money, or maybe increase in game prices for their games.

  Some do not understand the purpose of the lawsuit

   “I think it’s dumb because Steam is a store to make money and if your willing to buy a game you can just wait for sales,” Issac Sandrock, sophomore, said. Others say people should be willing to pay higher prices.

   “People only want money. I see Steam as an advertising place for games, so you should be willing to pay that 30% to get it on the store page. Steam is goated,” Eli Meier, sophomore, said.

   It seems that people don’t like the lawsuit, and are in Steam’s favor. 

    Steam’s lawsuit could have several effects on Steam users, and it is in their best interests to research this issue further, and make sure that their games are safe and sound.