Correct. The article is discussing revenue.

Then again, somehow I don’t expect Valve’s expenditures are that high, except download server costs.

Did a little digging, apparently in a 2021 lawsuit, documents were released with bad redactions (they blacked out over the data, but the underlying information was still able to be highlighted and copied/pasted. Very common error when redacting PDFs)

I haven’t checked the data myself but according one user this was the breakdown:

“Total staff as of 2021: 336 people

Administration: 35 people making an average of 4.5 million a year

Game Developers: 181 people making an average of 1 million a year

Steam Developers: 79 people making an average of 960k a year

Hardware Developers: 41 people making average of 430k a year”

Normally I would guess that “average” here probably means a few people making a ton of money while others get shafted. But I think “admin” probably accounts for that. We have no official way of knowing the true breakdown since this info is not supposed to be public

A highschool friends dad worked at Valve and they'd take the entire company and their families to Hawaii every year.

Seemed like a good place to work.

Would make him the first billionaire in history to pay his workers their worth, so.... Not a fucking chance.

No no Gabe just works 31.244.670 times as much as his employees.

Hey that's not fair.

Gabe is also spending all that money on Aston Martins Valkyries to race around the world.

Their lowest paid employees still very likely make 6 figures. Valve has historically taken very good care of their employees.

Doubt it. But, for what it's worth, last I heard, valve was one of the most sought after employers in the business. Apparently the salaries are generous and you get to work on whatever you want, not on what a manager tells you to.