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Thanks for sharing your experience. I know it's a tough gig. I'm working on an iOS game, and it is quite a challenge (but fun, nonetheless!) Gabe has mentioned

by Arjuna 13y ago

Thanks for sharing your experience. I know it's a tough gig. I'm working on an iOS game, and it is quite a challenge (but fun, nonetheless!) Gabe has mentioned that there are customers that are making $500,000 a year via content production in the Steam Workshop. From his perspective (or anyone's, really), that's simply too compelling to not be a part of the narrative being discussed with regard to having full control (again, both technological and financial, in my opinion). Clearly, they are seeing compelling experiences (and equally compelling cash) being delivered via user generated content, and it is in their best interest to foster and mature that space.

grogenaut 13y ago
Man, people really need to listen to the actual quote instead of repeating BS. Gabe said ONE GUY had made just over $500k OVER THREE YEARS. Not lots of people were making 1/2 a Million every year.
- Arjuna 13y ago
  "Man, people really need to listen to the actual quote instead of repeating BS. Gabe said ONE GUY had made just over $500k OVER THREE YEARS." The source that I read (the quote, below, from Gabe) indicates people, which is of course plural. Also, it indicates $500,000 per year, not over three years: "So now we're in this strange world where we have people who are using the Steam Workshop who are making $500,000 per year building items for other customers." Exclusive interview: Valve's Gabe Newell on Steam Box, biometrics, and the future of gaming: http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3852144/gabe-newell-interview-steam-box-future-of-gaming http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3852144/gabe-newell-intervi...
  - grogenaut 13y ago
    If you watch the video where he's talking in front of a business school says somthing to the tune of "a lot of people are making surprising amounts of money. One guy even made $500k since we started." It was later clarified that that was over 3 years. I'm sure gabe is going to talk about this highest earner or he would have phrased it differently.

by Arjuna 13y ago

grogenaut 13y ago

Man, people really need to listen to the actual quote instead of repeating BS. Gabe said ONE GUY had made just over $500k OVER THREE YEARS. Not lots of people were making 1/2 a Million every year.

Arjuna 13y ago
"Man, people really need to listen to the actual quote instead of repeating BS. Gabe said ONE GUY had made just over $500k OVER THREE YEARS." The source that I read (the quote, below, from Gabe) indicates people, which is of course plural. Also, it indicates $500,000 per year, not over three years: "So now we're in this strange world where we have people who are using the Steam Workshop who are making $500,000 per year building items for other customers." Exclusive interview: Valve's Gabe Newell on Steam Box, biometrics, and the future of gaming: http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3852144/gabe-newell-interview-steam-box-future-of-gaming http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3852144/gabe-newell-intervi...
- grogenaut 13y ago
  If you watch the video where he's talking in front of a business school says somthing to the tune of "a lot of people are making surprising amounts of money. One guy even made $500k since we started." It was later clarified that that was over 3 years. I'm sure gabe is going to talk about this highest earner or he would have phrased it differently.