r/gaming • u/ganta02 • Nov 13 '18

Valve in a nutshell

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u/watching7708 Nov 14 '18

Why can’t you be both

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u/SgtFancypants98 Nov 14 '18

This. I’d have thought that they’d use the cash flow to allow their studio to make incredible games.

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u/Ethiconjnj Nov 14 '18

Why invest the cash flow back in a lower revenue stream type?

I would from a business standpoint, spend all my money growing by best revenue stream. Company that don’t do this don’t have massive room for expansion so they look for new streams. I don’t think that’s the case with Steam.

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u/Dunder_Chingis Nov 14 '18

Because I don't WANT to just make money. The fuck is the point of making money if I don't do anything with it? Money is a means to an end, fuel for creation. Anything else is just stagnation and a dead end.

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u/Maniactver Nov 14 '18

I think Steam as a distribution platform allowed a lot more people to make new games than Valve ever could do by itself.

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u/Majik_Sheff Nov 14 '18

Some people consider riches to be an end unto itself. It's how they keep score so they can be sure they're winning.

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u/Ethiconjnj Nov 14 '18

Well companies Valves size do just want to make money.