Apple told to sling its hook

Stefan Mileschin · 1st March 2021, 06:47

Valve does not have to hand over all its data to Jobs' Mob

A US magistrate judge has ordered Valve to provide sales data to Apple in response to a subpoena issued amid Apple's continuing legal fight with Epic Games.

Apple insisted that in the interests of justice Valve would have to turn over shedloads of data, much of which Valve did not keep.

In addition to some aggregate sales data for the entirety of Steam, Valve will only have to provide specific, per-title pricing and sales data for "436 specific apps that are available on both Steam and the Epic Games Store", according to the order.

Apple will be somewhat miffed with the ruling as it wanted details of the 30,000+ titles Apple for which Apple originally requested data.

Valve argued that its Steam sales data was irrelevant to questions about the purely mobile app marketplaces at issue in the case.

Refocusing the request only on games available on both Steam and the Epic Games Store makes it more directly relevant to the questions of mobile competition in the case, Judge Thomas Hixson writes in his order.

https://fudzilla.com/news/52427-appl...sling-its-hook

1st March 2021, 06:47	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,652	Apple told to sling its hook Valve does not have to hand over all its data to Jobs' Mob A US magistrate judge has ordered Valve to provide sales data to Apple in response to a subpoena issued amid Apple's continuing legal fight with Epic Games. Apple insisted that in the interests of justice Valve would have to turn over shedloads of data, much of which Valve did not keep. In addition to some aggregate sales data for the entirety of Steam, Valve will only have to provide specific, per-title pricing and sales data for "436 specific apps that are available on both Steam and the Epic Games Store", according to the order. Apple will be somewhat miffed with the ruling as it wanted details of the 30,000+ titles Apple for which Apple originally requested data. Valve argued that its Steam sales data was irrelevant to questions about the purely mobile app marketplaces at issue in the case. Refocusing the request only on games available on both Steam and the Epic Games Store makes it more directly relevant to the questions of mobile competition in the case, Judge Thomas Hixson writes in his order. https://fudzilla.com/news/52427-appl...sling-its-hook

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