One thing that always bugs me about the video game areas of Reddit is their universal love of Valve, and their belief that Valve's management structure and corp

One thing that always bugs me about the video game areas of Reddit is their universal love of Valve, and their belief that Valve's management structure and corporate policies is the CAUSE of their success. I think Valve succeeds DESPITE their structure since they can stay afloat merely from Steam revenues. I would like to know (and never will) if Valve's game development arm balances out financially, or if it's just a loss leader to get people onto Steam, which will provide them with more distribution revenues down the road. Also, I didn't think Half-Life 1 or 2 were that good, so sue me. :)