• delitomatoes@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    If you wonder why public companies with billions in revenue can’t make a Steam competitor is because they can’t think long term, being a private company allows Valve to just work on what they want and grow If they need to

    • serratur@lemmy.wtf
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      1 year ago

      they can’t think long term

      Well they can, but only in one way: Grow by selling at a loss to outcompete other and then make a profit.

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      1 year ago

      Even if Valve was public, Steam makes so much goddamn money that putting ads on the platform would only cheapen it.

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        1 year ago

        Good joke. Investors will see wasted financial potential and make valve do it.

        When you have external money you now also have away part of a platform. And the investors don’t care. Make number big fast. Nobody there is caring about long term