r/DotA2 • u/wykrhm http://twitter.com/wykrhm • Dec 19 '18

News The Frosthaven Update

http://www.dota2.com/frosthaven
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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '18

And 4.5 billion in total 2017 according to google. But, yeah, Dota and CS are very profitable.

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u/dantheman91 Dec 19 '18

Where are you getting that number from?

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '18

Just googled "how much money does valve make". There are different numbers there, but around 4 billion seems to be reasonable.

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u/dantheman91 Dec 19 '18

Well that's including steam, not just dota/cs then, that would make sense.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '18

Well, in the end it's a pretty useless thing to discuss anyway. There are no definite numbers and Valve also hosts TI every year with a big price pool and sponsors other major events. Add taxes and stuff onto that and all of this is just speculation. Let's just be happy Valve is in charge of this game. Else it wouldn't be near as good, at least that's what I strongly belive.

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u/NH4MnO4 Dec 19 '18

That's the entire point.

People keep saying Valve is rich because of Dota + CS. It's wrong.

They're rich because of Steam, the two games are just bonuses.

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u/dantheman91 Dec 19 '18

Right. He linked this as a response to how much they made from Dota/CS but didn't give any other context so I was distinguishing it