▲ 418 ▼ Valve makes almost $50 million per employee, raking in more cash per person than Google, Amazon, or Microsoft — gaming giant's 350 employees on track to generate $17 billion this year (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 11 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 119 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 11 months ago (4 children) And Steam controls 80%-90% of the video game market? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) steam has a 75% marketshare of PC games distribution in the US. the 2nd biggest player, epic games, has a market share estimated from 3% to 7,5%. i can’t find data for steam’s market share outside the US, but i’d expect it to be even higher. if google can be considered to have a monopoly on web browsers with 73% of the marketshare, even as alternatives (like safari, 13%) exist, i don’t see why steam wouldn’t count as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Now include consoles and phones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago You can analyse markets at different levels. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FishFace@piefed.social 0 points 11 months ago of the PC video game market, yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) steam has a 75% marketshare of PC games distribution in the US. the 2nd biggest player, epic games, has a market share estimated from 3% to 7,5%. i can’t find data for steam’s market share outside the US, but i’d expect it to be even higher. if google can be considered to have a monopoly on web browsers with 73% of the marketshare, even as alternatives (like safari, 13%) exist, i don’t see why steam wouldn’t count as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Now include consoles and phones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago You can analyse markets at different levels. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Now include consoles and phones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago You can analyse markets at different levels. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago You can analyse markets at different levels. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FishFace@piefed.social 0 points 11 months ago of the PC video game market, yes. permalink fedilink source parent