In 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out there

nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works · 4 months ago

In 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out there

deegeese@sopuli.xyz · 4 months ago

There’s a lot of money to be made as a middleman.

If there’s a gold rush, you want to be the guy selling shovels.

snooggums@midwest.social · 4 months ago

For a real comparison steam is the distributor, storefront, advertiser, and support. A bit more than just ‘a middleman’.

UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

You’re missing the actual biggest key component. It’s also a built in community forum with tons of user-requested settings. They mostly know how to cater and rarely backtrack a quality of life feature.

deegeese@sopuli.xyz · edit-2 4 months ago

A vertically integrated middleman is even more profitable.