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> but without money They do have money. They made tons from Half-Life etc. Then they now have a huge continual income stream from Steam.
by chrisseaton 5y ago
> but without money
They do have money. They made tons from Half-Life etc. Then they now have a huge continual income stream from Steam.
- Ekaros 5y agoAnd I believe the amount the made from Half-Lifes is peanuts compared to amount they are making with TF2, CS:GO and Dota 2...
- selfhoster11 5y agoNot to mention all the fees they earn as an intermediary to buying ~every modern PC game.
- usrusr 5y agoObviously. The point was that earnings from half-life were effectively the stand-in for investor capital. And I'd wager that even with all that money, or ten times as much, Steam would not have been able to establish itself without hl2 as a tool/vector. It's been almost two decades that we haven't seen a single steam copycat that did not try to ride a flagship game release in exactly the same way (unless you consider GoG or humble as steam copycats, or Playstore and whatever itms is called these days)