![]() "Valve has chosen to stay private in part to avoid the burden of the public company disclosure and reporting requirements that companies like Samsung or Google are subject to," the company writes. Valve also argues that the fact that it's a private company offers an important distinction from the public Samsung. But Valve argues that "Apple, Google, and Samsung compete with each other in the mobile app market. Protecting private dataĪpple cites a previous court order for similar sales information from Samsung in arguing that the court should compel Valve to comply. ![]() Valve also says Apple has not offered to cover the costs of this data-gathering process. ![]() Valve says that process would involve collating information from at least four separate databases for thousands of separate items. While Apple says that Valve "admits that the information requested exists in some undisclosed, readily accessible format," Valve says complying would involve "an overwhelming amount of work" and "would impose an extraordinary burden on Valve to query, process, and combine a massive amount of to create the documents Apple seeks." " Fortnite is not available on Steam, and Epic has publicly and unequivocally stated it will not offer Fortnite on Steam unless Valve changes its business model." Advertisement "Valve does not make or sell phones, tablets, or video games for mobile devices, or otherwise compete in the mobile market," the company writes. Valve's information is "crucial for calculating the total size of the market for Epic’s available digital distribution channels," Apple says.īut Valve argues that Steam is an unrelated sideshow in the battle between Apple and Epic. The requested information, Apple says, is key to establishing other platforms that "may be economic substitutes" for the iOS App Store when it comes to distributing Fortnite, as discussed in previous rulings in the case. ![]() While Valve has responded to some other parts of Apple's subpoena, Apple says that information has been "so heavily redacted that Apple cannot discern what information they might contain." Why do you need it? (a) The name of each App on Steam (b) the date range when the App was available on Steam and (c) the price of the App and any in-app product available on Steam.Documents sufficient to show Valve’s: (a) total yearly sales of apps and in-app products (b) annual advertising revenues from Steam (c) annual sales of external products attributable to Steam (d) annual revenues from Steam and (e) annual earnings (whether gross or net) from Steam as well as.But Valve is fighting back against that subpoena, saying its information is proprietary, not relevant to Apple's case, and would be costly and difficult to generate.Īs discussed in a joint letter from Apple and Valve filed with the Northern District of California court this week, Apple's November subpoena seeks two large categories of information that Valve is refusing to provide: Apple has subpoenaed the Steam maker for a wide range of PC game sales data it says is crucial to its case. Dozens of states side with Epic in Apple App Store appealĪpple's bitter legal dispute with Epic Games over the distribution of Fortnite on iOS has now managed to rope in Valve.Bandcamp says it can’t afford Google Play billing, Epic files injunction.Epic strikes back at Apple’s iOS “security” defense in appeals court.Apple’s iOS “walled garden” doesn’t break antitrust laws, appeals court affirms.Supreme Court denies Epic’s request to open up App Store payments during appeals.Aurich Lawson / Getty Images reader comments 213 with Epic vs.
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