▲ 451 ▼ 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) submitted 1 year ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/steam@lemmy.ml 70 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Damage@feddit.it 16 points 1 year ago Yet Valve has demonstrated it's smarter than any of them, we're literally commenting on an article saying they're making 3.5 million $ per employee permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) What are their respective market shares compared to steam? Is it comparable? If it's not, maybe they're missing the leverage to try what Valve is attempting. But also, and likely, this is a costly long term development process. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Damage@feddit.it 16 points 1 year ago Yet Valve has demonstrated it's smarter than any of them, we're literally commenting on an article saying they're making 3.5 million $ per employee permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) What are their respective market shares compared to steam? Is it comparable? If it's not, maybe they're missing the leverage to try what Valve is attempting. But also, and likely, this is a costly long term development process. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent