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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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[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 182 points 2 weeks ago (44 children)

They really figured out the infinite money glitch.

They've been nothing but fair to me as a customer but the cynic in me thinks they've got an excessive amount of good will to squander since they dominate the PC gaming scene.

Please don't become shitty. And please release new non competitive games.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 123 points 2 weeks ago (13 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.

[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Developers really trying to kill that by having buggy /launchers that run off steam launcher on top

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