▲ 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
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago (2 children) Amazon tried and failed, too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Which is surprising, considering how much money they generate off amazon store. All it takes is to give a good service like Valve does. But somehow, as in Zippy's pic, competition keeps shooting themselves in a foot. Probably due to shareholders that Valve does not have. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago Tbf, I wouldnt even touch Amazon with a kilometer long pole even if the game was free. I order on Amazon only if the physical item is the cheaper AND easier option to order from (usually because I can only get thing A but not B). If I can avoid it, I will try to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Which is surprising, considering how much money they generate off amazon store. All it takes is to give a good service like Valve does. But somehow, as in Zippy's pic, competition keeps shooting themselves in a foot. Probably due to shareholders that Valve does not have. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago Tbf, I wouldnt even touch Amazon with a kilometer long pole even if the game was free. I order on Amazon only if the physical item is the cheaper AND easier option to order from (usually because I can only get thing A but not B). If I can avoid it, I will try to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago Tbf, I wouldnt even touch Amazon with a kilometer long pole even if the game was free. I order on Amazon only if the physical item is the cheaper AND easier option to order from (usually because I can only get thing A but not B). If I can avoid it, I will try to. permalink fedilink source parent