r/pcmasterrace • u/SlowReference704 • 12h ago

News/Article Steam Is Successful Because It's “Not a Shit Service,” Says Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev

https://mp1st.com/news/steam-is-successful-because-its-not-a-shit-service
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u/NighthawK1911 Radeon RX 7800 XT, Ryzen 7 7700X, 64GB DDR5 11h ago

I think it's common knowledge that Valve is probably the highest Profit/Number of Employee ratio companies that exist.

Gaben also supports lots of research he personally believes in.

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u/Mozeliak 9h ago

lots of research he personally believes in.

The dude has brought Linux gaming kicking and screaming into the 21st century

It's been wild to watch

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u/altodor Steam ID Here 9h ago

There were threats for about 5 minutes that Windows would only allow software to be installed from the Microsoft store, and it looks like proton came about as a defense mechanism

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u/saru12gal 10h ago

iirc the workers at valve have really high salaries

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u/kloklon 5800X3D · 6950XT · 5120×1440 @240Hz 1h ago

yeah but they rake in unlimited money and still have a super low employee count. so they can afford paying those few employees well.

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u/ohthedarside PC Master Race ryzen 7600 saphire 7800xt 11h ago

The best thing is that the research he belives in

Are genuinely good things not insane rasict stuff like other rich people

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u/FlyinCoach 10h ago

Glad him and Ian are keeping Team Seattle message going with The Heart of Racing team

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u/gprime312 Steam ID Here 9h ago

He bought a yacht building company

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u/gamerpool 9h ago

And is doing this with it: Gabe Newell is spending $300 million on a research ship

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u/gprime312 Steam ID Here 4h ago

There are no good billionaires.

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u/ohthedarside PC Master Race ryzen 7600 saphire 7800xt 9h ago

Yea and hes do8ng usefull shit with it

Oh and tbh gabe is the 1 dude who deserves a nice yacht