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> Tobias Lütke, co-founder and CEO of the ecommerce platform Shopify, lets his staff expense their copies of Factorio. “It’s just bound to be good for Shopify i

> Tobias Lütke, co-founder and CEO of the ecommerce platform Shopify, lets his staff expense their copies of Factorio. “It’s just bound to be good for Shopify if people play Factorio for a little while,” he told the Invest Like The Best podcast. “Because part of Shopify is building warehouses and fulfilling products for our customers. We are building global supply chains, and Factorio makes a game out of that kind of thinking.” I wonder if they'll pay for their employees' copies of Wilmot's Warehouse, too. http://wilmotswarehouse.com http://wilmotswarehouse.com

TYMorningCoffee 2y ago
If you've been consistently redeeming free games from Epic you might already have it. It was free on 2020-08-06[1]. [1] https://josephmate.github.io/EpicFreeGamesList/ https://josephmate.github.io/EpicFreeGamesList/
- mdaniel 2y ago
  For anyone similarly confused by the "it," the Aug 6 one was Wilmot's and not Factorio (which, AFAIK, has not been a participant in any giveaway)
  - fragmede 2y ago
    Factorio doesn't go on sale. The author's reasoning being it's disrespectful to those who paid full price for it. Edit: official forum link stating thus: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?p=159626#p159626 https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?p=159626#p159626
    - mdaniel 2y ago
      I'm sorry, you're right, I misread https://isthereanydeal.com/game/factorio/info/ https://isthereanydeal.com/game/factorio/info/ without checking https://isthereanydeal.com/game/factorio/history/ https://isthereanydeal.com/game/factorio/history/ which shows it was cheaper but only goes up over time
      - fragmede 2y ago
        No worries. It's an interesting moral stand for the author to take, so it's one of those random facts that just sticks out of my brain.
        ClassyJacket 2y ago
        I can certainly say I'm an example of someone who hasn't bought it because it hasn't been on sale, but 50 dollars for a good game is entirely reasonable anyway and I admit I will probably still buy it one day.
    - ClassyJacket 2y ago
      It's funny I came across this thread. Just yesterday I was looking at buying it, but it's 50 AUD. I went to add it to my wishlist to wait for a sale, but it was already there. I realised it must have been on there for a long time. I was wondering if I somehow missed it going on sale, or it never had. Glad I know it isn't likely to any time soon.
      - EspadaV9 2y ago
        Yeah, it stings. I did buy 2 copies on launch day for myself and my son (8) though. We have spent a lot of time on Factorio together though and I prefer it much more than Minecraft (although we have probably clocked up many many more hours on that).
mdaniel 2y ago
Heh, I would think that Amazon would allow expensing Wilmot's Warehouse since that feels more in their wheelhouse than Shopify --- wowzers, "hate" is not a strong enough word for how I feel about that raging piece of junk. Holy hell, I'll never get that 15 minutes of my life back
raynr 2y ago
It's interesting, this isn't the first time Shopify's CEO Tobias has looked to videogames to find skills he wants in employees. He's a longtime Starcraft fan for example, and offered an ex Starcraft pro a job on the strength of that alone. There is a reddit thread where he participated in that had some interesting perspectives that I think may be of interest to this forum: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/dl3o2p/billionaire_shopify_ceo_finds_out_on_twitter_that/ https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/dl3o2p/billionai...

TYMorningCoffee 2y ago

If you've been consistently redeeming free games from Epic you might already have it. It was free on 2020-08-06[1]. [1] https://josephmate.github.io/EpicFreeGamesList/ https://josephmate.github.io/EpicFreeGamesList/

mdaniel 2y ago
For anyone similarly confused by the "it," the Aug 6 one was Wilmot's and not Factorio (which, AFAIK, has not been a participant in any giveaway)
- fragmede 2y ago
  Factorio doesn't go on sale. The author's reasoning being it's disrespectful to those who paid full price for it. Edit: official forum link stating thus: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?p=159626#p159626 https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?p=159626#p159626
  - mdaniel 2y ago
    I'm sorry, you're right, I misread https://isthereanydeal.com/game/factorio/info/ https://isthereanydeal.com/game/factorio/info/ without checking https://isthereanydeal.com/game/factorio/history/ https://isthereanydeal.com/game/factorio/history/ which shows it was cheaper but only goes up over time
    - fragmede 2y ago
      No worries. It's an interesting moral stand for the author to take, so it's one of those random facts that just sticks out of my brain.
      - ClassyJacket 2y ago
        I can certainly say I'm an example of someone who hasn't bought it because it hasn't been on sale, but 50 dollars for a good game is entirely reasonable anyway and I admit I will probably still buy it one day.
  - ClassyJacket 2y ago
    It's funny I came across this thread. Just yesterday I was looking at buying it, but it's 50 AUD. I went to add it to my wishlist to wait for a sale, but it was already there. I realised it must have been on there for a long time. I was wondering if I somehow missed it going on sale, or it never had. Glad I know it isn't likely to any time soon.
    - EspadaV9 2y ago
      Yeah, it stings. I did buy 2 copies on launch day for myself and my son (8) though. We have spent a lot of time on Factorio together though and I prefer it much more than Minecraft (although we have probably clocked up many many more hours on that).

mdaniel 2y ago

Heh, I would think that Amazon would allow expensing Wilmot's Warehouse since that feels more in their wheelhouse than Shopify --- wowzers, "hate" is not a strong enough word for how I feel about that raging piece of junk. Holy hell, I'll never get that 15 minutes of my life back

raynr 2y ago

It's interesting, this isn't the first time Shopify's CEO Tobias has looked to videogames to find skills he wants in employees. He's a longtime Starcraft fan for example, and offered an ex Starcraft pro a job on the strength of that alone. There is a reddit thread where he participated in that had some interesting perspectives that I think may be of interest to this forum: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/dl3o2p/billionaire_shopify_ceo_finds_out_on_twitter_that/ https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/dl3o2p/billionai...