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

Valve doesn’t force you to buy games on their platform like Epic does.

You can use GOG and Itch.io instead.

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  • [+] -7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Just because there are other distribution channels doesn’t mean that valve doesn’t have that market stitched up. Their profitability is a function of being a monopoly. It isn’t like their client or anything is revolutionary.

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  • [–] [S] 22 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I disagree as their client is the most feature rich one available and it’s not Valve’s fault that the competition shoots itself in the foot too often. Show me one example where Valve bought out competitor stores.

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