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In 2016-2017, Valve had 360 employees[1], for 67 millions montly player[2], which make 186k active user per employees. But then, Valve was one of the most prof
by Kuinox 4y ago
In 2016-2017, Valve had 360 employees[1], for 67 millions montly player[2], which make 186k active user per employees.
But then, Valve was one of the most profitable company per employee count.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation
[2] https://www.geekwire.com/2017/valve-reveals-steams-monthly-active-user-count-game-sales-region/ https://www.geekwire.com/2017/valve-reveals-steams-monthly-a...
- hesdeadjim 4y agoEasy to rake in profits when the majority of your business model is skimming 30% of a sale for being a glorified CDN with a skin.
- IntelMiner 4y agoMakes me wonder how many people work in just Apple's "services" divisions. Things like the App Store or iCloud, not hardware or MacOS engineering
- Kuinox 4y agoSteam has way more features than that.
- reisse 4y agoIff it's only a glorified CDN, why noone yet did the same and have taken their market share? Epic Store was kind of a fiasco.
- nso95 4y agoStill waiting on Half-Life 3
- Der_Einzige 4y agoAt least all the games that valve did make were excellent. Can't say the same equivalent about any other FAANG.