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Valve's reported profit-per-head from Steam commissions is out there, and at $3.5 million per employee it makes Apple and Facebook look like a lemonade stand (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 132 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Gaben said it best when he said "piracy is a service issue, not a price issue." There is no other company that even comes close to matching Steam's services, both to consumers and developers. The industry could become a different place when he dies. I don't see any other CEO continuing to spend money to innovate and expand services rather than offer less and charge more to extract record profits.

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  • [–] 54 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This is absolutely mad cope, but I want to believe that, as forward thinking as Gabe is, he either will find a worthy successor, or already has one lined up to ensure the company isn't saced for all it's worth when he's gone.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I feel the same, I know that things will likely go downhill if he goes. That's why I also buy GoG games, I want to be able to download them if things go sour with Steam.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You can downlowad some of the steam games. DRM is possible, but not mandatory

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    I mean this is obvious af

    When Netflix had 90% of the shows that you wanted to watch and they weren’t annoying little fucks with account sharing and geo location, everyone was happy to support them

    But once paying users feel like they are being taken advantage of, instead of catered to, they leave.

    There’s so many cases where pirating is not only cheaper (duh) it’s actually a better product/experience. And when you charge to provide a worse product/experience than what people can get for free, then you can’t be surprised at the outcome

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