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Valve makes almost $50 million per employee, raking in more cash per person than Google, Amazon, or Microsoft — gaming giant's 350 employees on track to generate $17 billion this year (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Valve employees aren't pissing in bottles. Amazon also does a bunch of shitty things on their marketplace (Amazon basics) and killed all the competition.

There's a huge difference in ethics here.

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  • [–] -3 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    There is a difference in the problematic being caused, not the ethics. The soft monopoly they all enjoy together as a group (Valve, Microsoft, etc) is having an effect on the industry. We as consumers get worst quality games in the end, because 30% of profits go directly to a few hosting companies. A lot of indie companies would still be around if the game store club wasn't insanely greedy and artificially keeping such a huge part of the pie.

    If it wasn't the same, Gaben wouldn't own a handful of boats worth a combined 1 000 000 000 $. That is 9 zeros for boats.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    A lot of indie companies would not exists if there wasn't a storefront like Steam that handles worldwide transactions, distributes the game and increases their discoverability.

    There are other options, such as itch.io.

    If you think Valve's cut should be lower, you're free to make your own marketplace and compete.

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