Stop calling GabeN greedy, he worked hard and deserves every cent he makes.

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et’s get one thing straight: Gabe Newell, the founder of Valve, absolutely deserves every cent he’s earned, and the constant whining about him being "greedy" is as tired as it is misguided. This is the man who revolutionized PC gaming with Steam, built a platform that offers sales so good you can get AAA games for the price of a latte, and created legendary franchises like Half-Life, Portal, and Team Fortress 2. If you’re mad that Gabe has money, maybe direct your outrage at companies charging $70 for unfinished, microtransaction-laden garbage instead of crying about a guy who actually delivered quality. Steam changed gaming forever, and if you think making billions from that is "greedy," maybe take a second to reflect on why you’re using the platform daily while complaining about the person who made it possible.

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how tf did you find this thread you monkey that was 4 months ago

[muckymucks]

Steam wasn't made by Newell, it wasn't even his idea. A dev team at Valve came up with it. And when Steam was introduced gamers hated it as much as other launchers are hated now. And Valve charges 30% for every game sold. That's highway robbery just to run some servers.

[Ben Lubar]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย muckymucks:

Steam wasn't made by Newell, it wasn't even his idea. A dev team at Valve came up with it. And when Steam was introduced gamers hated it as much as other launchers are hated now. And Valve charges 30% for every game sold. That's highway robbery just to run some servers.

If you want to run a competing store which has "we take a lower cut" as its only selling point, ask Tim Sweeney how it worked for him.

[muckymucks]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Ben Lubar:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย muckymucks:

Steam wasn't made by Newell, it wasn't even his idea. A dev team at Valve came up with it. And when Steam was introduced gamers hated it as much as other launchers are hated now. And Valve charges 30% for every game sold. That's highway robbery just to run some servers.

If you want to run a competing store which has "we take a lower cut" as its only selling point, ask Tim Sweeney how it worked for him.

It's going well according to Sweeney himself.

[Ben Lubar]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย muckymucks:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Ben Lubar:

If you want to run a competing store which has "we take a lower cut" as its only selling point, ask Tim Sweeney how it worked for him.

It's going well according to Sweeney himself.

The store that buys more games to give away for free than people spend dollars at? That's your definition of "going well"?

[1]: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/epic-games-store-2020-year-in-review

[Nanami]

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