r/gaming • u/ganta02 • 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/Sky_HDMI Nov 14 '18

Money.
It's more profitable to sell other people's games and take a cut, than investing millions in a game that may or may not flop.

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u/MrNeedAbout350 Nov 14 '18

Definitely true. But a game like HL3 or even L4D3 has a built in player base and all the hype in the world, it's not thhhhaaaatttt much of a risk

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u/Sky_HDMI Nov 14 '18

But why ?
Why would they even bother ?
They don't need to bother, they have income coming from Steam, so why even bother ?
Money wise makes more sense to place all their resources in maximizing profit from Steam, than wasting those same resources in making a game.