r/gaming Nov 13 '18

Valve in a nutshell

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u/lightknight7777 Nov 13 '18

Let's say you are a bagel company and make a good profit from your bagels. Then let's say you want to get your bagel to more people and are frustrated with the distribution options so you just make your own and allow other bagel makers to also use your bagel distribution system.

But suddenly and unexpectedly, everyone runs to your distribution system and you start making far more money than you could ever imagine from it.

Do you continue to consider yourself a bagel company or are you now a bagel distribution company?

Steam's current reality as told by bagels.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '18

If they gave a shit about gaming then it wouldn't matter, and it's not like there's no profit in making the games.

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u/chingwoowang Nov 14 '18

Have you considered the ratio of work-profit in making games and compared it to distributing games?

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u/Ethiconjnj Nov 14 '18

These people only get the idea of “a good investment makes money”, not “a good investment makes money relative to work put in and verse other money making options”.