▲ 426 ▼ Valve's reported profit-per-head from Steam commissions is out there, and at $3.5 million per employee it makes Apple and Facebook look like a lemonade stand (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 1 year ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/steam@lemmy.ml 73 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 year ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 year ago (1 child) the average person really needs to realize that most businesses are just hilariously incompetent, the only reason things stay together is because of shittily paid workers doing their jobs despite management's best efforts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tempest@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago I laugh whenever some one thinks the government is "inefficient" and that the company will be more efficient. I've watched publicly traded companies waste a tonne of money on various boondoggles. Usually the company survives despite the incompetence for other reasons. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago If they were publicly traded they could have started to do the smart things that investors like to see, like spending billions to integrate AI in steam. Why is there no AI in steam yet ? Clearly a failure, Gabe should be replaced by a CEO that would not lose time and money in frivolous things like Linux (what is Linux BTW ?) and start improving the company values by adding AI and firing employees. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 year ago (1 child) the average person really needs to realize that most businesses are just hilariously incompetent, the only reason things stay together is because of shittily paid workers doing their jobs despite management's best efforts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tempest@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago I laugh whenever some one thinks the government is "inefficient" and that the company will be more efficient. I've watched publicly traded companies waste a tonne of money on various boondoggles. Usually the company survives despite the incompetence for other reasons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago I laugh whenever some one thinks the government is "inefficient" and that the company will be more efficient. I've watched publicly traded companies waste a tonne of money on various boondoggles. Usually the company survives despite the incompetence for other reasons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago If they were publicly traded they could have started to do the smart things that investors like to see, like spending billions to integrate AI in steam. Why is there no AI in steam yet ? Clearly a failure, Gabe should be replaced by a CEO that would not lose time and money in frivolous things like Linux (what is Linux BTW ?) and start improving the company values by adding AI and firing employees. permalink fedilink source parent