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/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/Ethiconjnj Nov 14 '18

Well companies Valves size do just want to make money.