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In 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out there (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] RedWeasel@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

From what I garnered this is revenue, not profit. Also comparing the companies to Apple, FB & Microsoft is not really a fair comparison. I know it was the Valve employees doing this. Probably a better choice would have been something like a restaurant chain or store like Walmart.

[-] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Valve also makes ridiculous buck from their games. Every VR user wants to play Alyx, and Dota 2 with Counter Strike 2 are two of the most popular multiplayer games without being complete shitshows (like Fortnite, Roblox and whatever the hell goes on on mobile phones). Not to mention an occasional instant classics like Portal 2.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

IDK, I think the Microsoft comparison is fair. Yeah, Microsoft has a ton of software development, but they also have a massive software sales side, perhaps bigger than the development side. Like Microsoft, hardware and ads are a very small part of their business, and software sales is a large part.

Comparing to Walmart or a restaurant chain doesn't make sense since they have physical locations and a high headcount to support that physical network.

Maybe Sony or Nintendo would be a better comparison since both make a ton of money from selling games on their platforms.

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