• speaker_hat@lemmy.one
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    10 months ago

    I just read in Wikipedia that Valve is privately helded.

    There must be something magical in the fact that they don’t need to feed their shareholders with mountains of cash every quarter, and actually focus on their customers, as happened in this post.

    • Budd@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Fun fact, they used to be public but Gabe took it back private after realizing how shitty it was having to answer to shareholders.

    • cordlesslamp@lemmy.today
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      10 months ago

      And the fact is they still make a mountain of cash every quarter, just by focusing on their customers.

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        10 months ago

        I don’t know about that. They run one of the most predatory examples of gambling in gaming.

        The new EU ruling really brought to light how big of a problem the CS:GO gambling is.

        • Reddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.com
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          10 months ago

          Is gambling really that bad though? It’s voluntary. Valve isn’t forcing you to buy keys or cases if you don’t want them

          • Liz@midwest.social
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            10 months ago

            It’s addictive. We regulate other addictive things like cigarettes, no reason we shouldn’t put guard rails on gambling. We already do, but I think we’ve got to the end regs in a few areas.

  • ono@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    I bought one during the clearance sale for the price of shipping, assuming that it would be abandoned but maybe still useful as a low-power linux server. I guess I ought to set it up and take advantage of it.

    Thanks, Valve, for not letting these things become instant e-waste.

  • BmeBenji@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Maybe the Steam Link and Controller weren’t as popular as Valve hoped they would be, but damn everyone who still has them seems to love them. Maybe I’m biased because I still have my controller and love it, and I gave away my Steam link because my Deck can do that too, but my friend who received the link is loving it.