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> had only made $200 million in profit and that kind of chump change just wasn't worth it So it's harder to expand the team than keeping an extra 200m revenue?
by leowoo91 7y ago
> had only made $200 million in profit and that kind of chump change just wasn't worth it
So it's harder to expand the team than keeping an extra 200m revenue? Can't find words to describe if that's the real reason. Every player I know got excited when I told them we need Portal 3 btw.
- Guest0918231 7y agoThis is what I don't understand. Why not hire 100 great game developers, give them $2 million each over 4 years, and have them develop Portal 3? We know it would sell well. What about Left 4 Dead 3? Once again, it would be an instant hit. Even if Valve develops a game that breaks even, it helps to strengthen Steam as a whole and those users go on to make purchases elsewhere on their platform. How much money did they lose because someone else developed Fortnite? How many users started buying games at Epic instead of Steam because their first jump into PC gaming was with Fortnite at the Epic store?
- therealdrag0 7y agoYep. I interviewed at Epic and the recruiter gave a big ol spiel about how they're working on developing a platform for cross-system gaming. Basically genericizing what they did for Fortnite and selling it as a game platform service. I could see a lot of those games going into an Epic Store that replaces Steam.